What Else we Did at the Beach

While most of our time at the beach was spent lounging on the sand was also had some other fun.  When the sand, surf, we were still having fun.  We relaxed in the condo, ate some delicious food, and of course, when the wind got to be too much for the little guys, we retreated to the pool.  They absolutely loved the baby pools because they don't have one at their neighborhood pool at home.  While Evan liked all of the baby pools, Ben was especially partial to the one with a step because he likes nothing better than climbing in and out of anything.  So he would hang out in the pool for a few minutes then start crawling around the patio and chairs.  Evan, on the other hand, could hang out in the little baby pool all day playing shark or just swimming around.  However, there was one way to get Evan in the big pool, and that was "Claude" the big green floaty alligator.  He loved to ride Claude back and forth across the pool.

The other big excitement off of the beach was Evan's first movie in a theater.  Evan is a big fan of the movie Cars featuring Lightning McQueen.  Well, it just so happened that Cars 2 came out just as we left for the beach.  We knew we had to take Evan.  He has such a LONG attention span for books and movies, we figured he would like it, but we didn't know how he would react to the big loud theater.  Turns out, he loved every minute of it.  From the M&M's and the popcorn to the fast cars and bright colors on the screen, he was thrilled the whole time.  I was a little worried because some of the concepts in the movie were a bit scary, but fortunately, I don't think he picked up on any of the more serious concepts.  He just had a good time watching the fancy cars.  I can't wait until we can take him back and I can't wait till we can take our whole family.

What a great week at the beach!

 (Our little family in the kiddie pool)

 (Gramps and the boys have a little fun in the condo.)

 (On our dinner out, Evan decides that he's what's for dinner.)

 (Gramps and Ben watch a sunrise.)

 (Gram and Gramps show the boys around on Claude.)

 (Benny hangs out under the table at the pool.)