We've just returned from our beach vacation week down in Seaside, Florida.
If you don't count the Seaside Security man-hunt for one of my missing children, the two mile bike ride in the sweltering heat to the nearest Urgent Care for another, and the little bike crash mishap, I would say it was a pretty great vaca.
One thing I can say, without any uncertainly, is this trio of mine always keeps it exciting.
We woke up on Father's Day in our pink beach house {don't you just know how much the girls and I loved having a pink house!}. Immediately the kids wanted to celebrate this incredible Daddy of theirs. We treated him with frozen waffles and juice {because that's the kind of fare we serve in a rental home}. Then the kiddos showered him with gifts, some of which were sweetly homemade from school.
Lucy read her homemade bookmark to Daddy at least a dozen times. "Do you know what it says Daddy?" "It says, 'Love Daddy'." It actually read...I love Daddy, but her explanation was way cuter. And that darling bowtie was handmade by Maggie. Daddy looks sharp, huh?
Our Father's Day was full of beach play. Very fitting because Daddy Loves the beach. The little ones couldn't wait to get out there that first day.
Although the water was not looking its emerald coast best, Lucy seriously could not get enough of it. She wanted to endlessly go "up and down" in the waves.
While Maggie literally stayed beach side the entire vacation. Collecting shells are more her thing.
We pretty much topped everyday off at the pool. This made Maggie's vacation. And her brother and sister enjoyed every minute of it too.
The most fabulous part of Seaside was that we were just a bike ride away from all of the happenings. We hopped on our bikes every evening for dinner...and even a little shopping {to the boy's dismay}.
I really shouldn't think this is funny, but I just can't help myself.
If Daddy's Father's Day breakfast wasn't top notch, we quickly redeemed ourselves with some Gulf peel and eat shrimp and crab claws to boot.
The next day may have been a fan favorite. The water was actually its emerald claim to fame color and our Florida cousins came to visit. Always a raging hit with my kids.
The girl's had great fun building in the sand while the boys did a bit of boogie boarding.
We were all ecstatic when our cousins stayed over night with us. There was a lot of UNO playing, burgers beachside, and a movie night.
By this point in the vacation we had already lost and found a kid and had one bike accident. Just when we thought nothing else could happen a horrendous fever reared it's ugly head.
Somehow in between it all we managed some more beach and pool fun. More to come...
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