Another beautiful, perfect day at the beach! We all enjoyed the sun, waves, and water again this morning! The girls again loved playing in the ocean despite the green icky mess in the water. No, it wasn't oil again today, but just some algae washing ashore. It didn't seem to bother them at all!
Kylie is still calling the sand, "Snow". Its too funny! Today, Ansley taught mommy the right way to build a sand castle, insisting I add water to make the castle to the sand mold to make it better. She is such a big girl these days. She also let us bury her little body in the sand-too cute!
Kylie had a huge meltdown, so we all moved to the pool. Those girls amaze me each day. Kylie continued to count, "1, 2, 3,(clap, clap) and jump into the water fearlessly--somtimes even if you weren't there to catch her. Ansley, made a huge accomplishment!! She went from sliding off the ledge, to jumping holding both my hands, to jumping off holding only one of my hands, to jumping in holding neither of my hands-yay Ans! I am so proud of her. She was so proud too. Her happy face was priceless!
We had a sudden moment a glimpse of the future, as we saw a group of about 5 hazmat members walking down the beach looking at the conditions. Fortunately, they didn't seem at all alarmed by anything they saw and continued to walk-yay! No oil here again today! Thank you God!
Tonight, we had steaks that my dad and Chris grilled at the condo. Aunt Juju took the girls swimming at the pool. We don't often take them down to the pool at night, but it was a lot of fun this time without all the crowds. The girls got to show off their newly acquired skills while I snapped tons of pictures.
After dinner, we took the girls to ride the rides at Pier Park. Pier Park has taken the some of the rides from the old Miracle Strip Park and fixed them up again. The girls LOVED riding the carousel, the airplanes, and the balloons. I was surprised how brave Ansley was! However, Kylie and Daddy got stuck riding the balloons backwards and neither of them looked very good when they got off-ha! After that, Daddy took Ansley to play a gigantic pinball game and she won! She chose a toy Dora as her prize. Just as soon as she got it in her hands, Kylie went nuts. She wanted one too, so we ended up "paying off" the pinball guy with an extra dollar so she could "win" a Dora too! These girls!
After a second trip to Dippin Dots, it was time to call it a night. We had a long, fun day, but it will be one we will remember for a long time!
Ansley and Mommy
Having fun in the sand!
"Kylie, Are you eating sand, again?"
Gia and Ansley playing in the sand
Burying Kylie in the sand
Kylie
Cutie Kylie
Brave girl. . . laying in the crashing waves. . .
A little sandbaby!
All smiles!
Having fun at the beach with a new friend
Ansley
Ansley and Kylie and their new friend. . .
One of two pools. This is the bigger pool.
