The Perfect Tide Pool

So, I know I told you yesterday about how we were only able to swim in the pool one day this year while we were at the beach.  I forgot to mention how we had our own little tide pool though.  When we arrived at the beach it was really quite large and the kids had a blast running through it and wading around in it.  Over the course of the week it gradually got smaller and smaller until it was almost totally dried up.  It was so perfect while it lasted especially with the weather we had making the waves in the ocean a little scary at times.  We did swim in the ocean on one completely perfect day but I was too busy swimming with everyone to have any photos of that!  So here are some of my favorite photos of our perfect tide pool taken on various days throughout the week.

 Racing...always racing...

I love how you can see all the water droplets in this one!  Although he thinks it's a little too funny to watch me freak out when he tries to splash me and I'm holding the camera. :)

It was pretty deep in the middle.

He was sitting in this pic.  He thought it was pretty awesome that it was the perfect size for him.

You can see it's getting smaller.  There were a lot of birds hanging around.

Which is perfect when you have a kid who loves to chase birds!

This guy somehow managed to get a moment of peace.

It was the perfect spot for my girl to build her drippy castle.  I remember making these with my brother when we were kids.

A friend introduced my kids to Sugar Daddy candy.  Who doesn't love to run around chasing birds while eating candy on the beach?

My girl took this pic for me.

I love all the little bird tracks in the sand.

I've still got more vacation photos that I want to share, so bear with me and I promise I'll move on to new things soon!

A Day at the Pool

While we were in Florida this year it was so unseasonably cold that we were only able to get in the pool one day.  We missed our pool time as we are totally pool people.  I dream of the day I will have my own pool in my backyard...oh yes, we will make it happen.  At some point...not any time soon, but it's a goal.  So needless to say, we were disappointed.  I'm hoping there will be many pool days this summer to make up for it.  My boy learned to swim underwater with goggles which was pretty impressive since he was only in the pool for an hour or so!  I think this summer he's going to be a fish like his sister.  I can't wait to see them.  Here are a couple of pics I snapped of our beach pool day. :)

My little movie star. 

 Poor kid was freezing...his lips were blue!

 

So cute in his goggles!

I'm hoping for some more summery, warm looking pool shots in my near future.  These make me cold just looking at them!

Her First Love

My girl and her first love.  He's not a fan of photos, so I hardly have any of them together.  Which makes these all the more special to me.  It reminds me so much of the fierce love I had for my dad and the way I idolized him when I was little.  I'm so glad that my girl feels the same way about her dad.

I have even more beach photos so check back soon!

Missing the Beach

We're back from the beach and getting back into the swing of things.  Our vacation this year was a little off kilter with the kids and I starting off the week with colds, and the weather starting off cool and rainy.  Top that off with some general crankiness (probably from the colds and weather!) and it made for a rough beginning.  But the weather warmed up and the colds dried up and we made the best of it.  There was plenty of Pirate Golf (no photos this year, because we are so competitive that I can't drag my camera with me and be bothered to get out of my zone and snap photos) and regular golf (for my husband).  There were a few nice days at the beach with my girl making sand angels and sand castles and even sliding down a sand hill on her stomach when that wasn't enough (the girl likes sand).  The pool was cold but we did brave it one day and my boy learned how to swim underwater with goggles.  We did sunset photos not once, but twice.  There was plenty of good eating and to top it off one of my best friends from college came down with her family to meet up with us.  So, I guess now that I think about it, it was one pretty awesome vacation. :)  I've still got a ton of photos to go through, but I'd say this photo right here almost makes all the miserable moments worth it.

This is definitely going in a frame.

I'll be posting more photos this week, so check back!