Surprisingly we woke up Sunday morning with plenty of time to shower and make it to church, it helped a lot that service wasn't until 11. The church we always visit when on the island has the best acoustics! And they sang the old songs Sunday morning! If my hands hadn't been full holding a baby I totally would have taken a picture of Drew song leading from the pew!
After church we went to Uncle Danny's favorite restaurant for lunch. Naggy and Pappy got to town just in time to eat with us too.
We are super thankful to Uncle Danny for sharing his timeshare with us this week. The week has only just begun and we are already having a lot of fun. It's always a good day when I get to visit with Uncle Danny. He'll never know how much I value his words of wisdom and encouragement. And the best part is that my kids love him so very much. They were so disappointed that he wasn't staying the week with us.
After lunch, we had to say goodbye to Uncle Danny since he had to work Monday and we headed out to the condo to get ready to spend the afternoon on the beach. Drew was beyond excited to go play!!
Last yr we got to introduce Drew to the beach but he didn't really enjoy it. But this yr he was so ready. He talked non stop about coming for weeks. And while his reaction did not quite measure up to Ava's reaction when she first saw the beach when she was 2...it totally fit his personality. He was in awe...but was weary of all that water!
Maggie was unimpressed and demanded to eat and nap! Ha!
Drew's personality is such that it takes him some time to warm up to new things. Those waves and the wet sand moving under his feet were a bit out of his comfort zone.
Ava on the other hand, saw the sand and literally rolled in it. Then she dug, threw sand, wallowed in it more and was the definition of pure bliss.
While she didn't comprehend Drew's tentativeness, she did her best to encourage him to join in her fun!
Beach, sand and mud are totally Ava's favorite things!
Carli hit the water first thing, and then went shell hunting or rather treasure hunting. She even started to build a sand castle but she couldn't get it just perfect so she abandoned that idea in favor of more treasure hunts!
Meanwhile this is what Grandparents are for...patience. Pappy and Drew stood like this for over 30 min, literally moving forward less than an inch at a time. But Pappy's patience paid off and by the time we were ready to pack up for the day Drew had made it almost chest deep in the water!
Carli found some unique treasures among her seashells. With Grammy's help via text msgs, she things this is a Jamaican Navel Spurge Sean Bean.
She also found two hermit crabs, which we convinced her to release at the end of the day.
We got back to the condo and grilled some burgers for dinner. Maggie decided she'd give Drew's juice a try. She maybe my first baby to crawl before 10 months. She is so eager to get up and go. She gets so frustrated when she can't but finding Drew's juice pacified her long enough for us to finish dinner!
Our first day was great and it ended on an awesome note. Drew begged Ava to move her air matress by his and was so happy when she did. But then he asked her if she'd pray and thank God for all the sand on beaches so she did and that made me one very emotional happy Momma.
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