Friday

Friday, we were back at the beach, for the last time. Pat took Alex out in the waves which worked well until a big wave almost wiped them out. They then headed to the sand to build. Alex actually left Daddy's castles alone and spent most of his time dumping water on the sand and ordering Mommy to fill up the bucket. Overall, he did really well at the beach.

After naps, Abuelo and Abuela went out to eat and then watched Alex for the evening. They went down to the pier to ride more rides. Meanwhile, Pat and I went out to eat at a seafood buffet and then to see "The Dark Knight". We enjoyed the movie and the time together!

Tuesday

Tuesday we were back at the beach but with a surprise. Apparently, the week crowd wakes up a lot early, moves their stuff to the beach (before 7am), stakes out the prime real estate along the ocean, and then goes back to bed until 11am-12pm. So we were a little farther back. However, that did not keep us from the beach! We played in the water and built in the sand. Alex had a habit of destroying my sand castles 15 seconds after I made it. So the sand part was short. Then I remember an activity, Liz and I did when we were little... we dug for sand crabs! After many Indiana Jones holes, we found crabs! Alex enjoyed holding them in his hand and watching them swim in the bucket. He also enjoyed throwing sand on top of them which led mommy to release the poor creatures before they died of fright!

Sunday

Our first day on the beach was Sunday. The beach was not crowded and we were able to spread out around 8am. At the beach, we (abuela, abuelo, alex and I) dug in the sand, played in the water, took walks, watched dolphins, and many other fun tasks :)

Visit with Mammaw

Tuesday morning, Alex and I went to visit Mammaw. There Alex got to water Mammaw's flowers with the watering can and hose, take a walk, have crackers, and drink milk from a Big Boy cup. At the end of the visit, Mommy and Alex were wet but everyone seemed happy :)