Holidays (part 1)

 We decided to go to the beach this year for Christmas! It was a different feel, but we all enjoyed it to the max.

 It was too cold to swim in the water so we played in the sand and splashed in the waves. 

The water was cold, and it was windy so this day we told them we were going in our clothes and just playing in the water. The waves were too tempting, they ran from them and splashed in them and got thrown around and laughed and had a blast. 

When we first got to the water, Sadie started dancing. It was so precious. 

Funny quote  pay Leigh, "mom, my teeth won't stop chewing." Referring to her chattering teeth. 

There was an indoor pool at the condo so the kids had plenty of swimming time. 

They tried their hands a synchronized swimming (guided by the dads) it was really funny. Videos to come....

There was a hot tub (aka "hot bath") that wa as nice reprieve from the "heated" pool.

We colored and read books...

Played games...

Played with toys....

Ate food....

Tried to make gingerbread houses but it was so humid the gram crackers broke (and I got weak sauce icing) BUT there was plenty of candy for them to eat 😉 

Watched the waves....

Slept a bit...

Eddi doesn't sleep in, at all. And decided it would be fun to wake up early every morning. The second day I decided to take him for a walk on the beach. It was dark, foggy and quiet. It was beautiful. We walked along listening to the waves we could barely see, making footprints in untouched sand. Watching the world wake up. 

Devin took him down the next morning, when he got back he discovered the kids had locked themselves in their room 😳. It was the only room with a real lock so he had a time explaining to the what they needed to do. 

Saturday morning we headed home. We were all surprised and excited to find that Santa had come even though we weren't home. 

Eddi took this time to bond with Opa. He sat by him and smiled and talked and pointed, just happy to be sitting next to him. 

We had taquitos for dinner and spent the rest of the day playing and enjoying each others company. 

....to be continued....