Our spring break did not start off like we planned. After the big wedding the kids and I loaded up bright and early Monday morning to spend two days with our old friends in Georgia. We were about 10 minutes away from our destination when we got the dreaded call from Kathy. The fifth disease was still going around JW's old preschool and would mean that I could be exposed to it. So after breaking the news to the kids that we would not be seeing our friends and the crying had stopped, we stopped for lunch and then headed south to Poppy and Tutu's. Once Brian joined us on Tuesday night we were ready to head out Wednesday morning to the beach! Now, I must say I was a bit nervous that my parents 2 bedroom condo might be a bit tight for all of us(including Millie) but it worked fine. The weather was great so we could be outside everyday. Here are K and JW ready to hit the pool after we got there!
We ate out the first night and then returned to the condo for a quick stroll on the beach
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R's little footprints in the sand.
The first morning we ventured to the beach we saw some interesting people dragging nets in from the ocean onto the shore. When went in for a closer look to see what they caught and what kind of marine life we might find. They caught fish, sting rays, and some crabs. They would throw back the rays and crabs and only kept the fish. It was really cool to watch them pick up the rays and throw them back. There were several children watching and they taught them how to safely pick up the baby fish and throw them back into the ocean. The lady below was holding a crab so that the kids could see it up close. She also tried to let K and JW pick up a fish but they were a bit scared and preferred to watch the other kids.
Daddy, K and R on their way to the little tidal pool.
Poppy working hard trying to bury the ever moving JW!
R with a nice big sand dollar we found. For the record, the sand dollar was later broken but not by the almost 2 year old but the almost 5 year old!
