DE Fun Weekend

Al was going to be working all weekend, so the kids and I headed up to our old stomping grounds and spent time with our dear friends the S's. The kids- when they saw each other there was no awkwardness- they squealed with delight and just starting playing together- that is just amazing!! We relaxed around their house Friday but Saturday morning we headed out to the beach- little did we know we would be out the entire day!!

This little girl has been missing the beach a LOT so she was super happy to have the sand in her toes, the water lapping at her feet and the breeze through her hair!

So happy to be there!!

Ready to start "surfing" with his newly aquired boogy board!

Oops! The waves knocked him down.

Not deterred- back on!

I've got it now! And he did- he was able to "surf" as the waves picked up the board!

SO cute...

Taking a GoGurt break....

Back to surfin'

Fun Land!!!

One thing that the kids have missed the most about Delaware, besides their friends, is FunLand. FunLand is just awesome- for next to nothing, kids can ride fun rides and have a ton of fun. After the beach, we headed there- even without naps the kids were in good moods!

So happy to be headed to FunLand!!

Scary- but somehow the kids' aren't frightened....

Starting with the swings- thumbs up!

Boys are happy- I just didn't capture it...

Ice Cream anyone??

Taking to the air...

Ready to fly.

Double date?

Loving the caroseal!

Loving her ride!

Ending our session on the boats

These boys kept a close eye on their sisters- so sweet!

Finishing our FunLand time with watching a race.

Beach Day 2- Lisa's Eyes

Here are my pics from our 2nd beach outing! It was after naps on Sunday- the perfect time to go- no one was on the beach, the sun wasn't scorching hot, the breeze was cool- ahh!!

My 2 headed straight out to the water! I love how shallow it is- Addie could go another 10 yards out and it would still only be up to her belly button.

Bay Watch, watch out!!

These 4 are best buds- and could totally pass for quads even though there is just about 3 years in span in them!

Break!

These boys dug and dug for crabs and ended up with essentially a small aquarium!

Waiting for waves....

Looking for crabs...

Beach Bums -- Through April's Eyes

April takes amazing pictures- and we were blessed enough for her to bring her camera on one of our beach trips!! These pictures are so sweet they deserve their own post!

The Quads- even though they are almost 3 years apart in age, they are basically the same size so they could easily pass for quads. They were all SO excited to be at the beach!!

Addie showing off her prized possession- a dead sand crab that she sweetly named Candy Cane. She carried it everywhere and then made a habitat for it in an old red plastic cup...

Here is what happened when she lost the red plastic cup. The poor thing was heartbroken. I suggested she call to Candy Cane and she sobbed out "I can't call to her Mommy, she's DEAD!"- which made me just laugh and her cry even harder (with a chuckle stuck in there too as she knew it was just silly to be missing a dead crab)....

And now she's happy as she had just found a bigger and ALIVE sand crab! She's laughing because as it moved it tickled her hand!

Alden LOVED all the sand.... He's attempting to dig to China in this picture... He takes his work very seriously...

And here he is showing off the fish he caught- he caught it because it was dead (what's up with my kids finding and loving dead sea creatures??)

His 2nd passion at the beach was riding the itty-bitty waves on his boogy board- we had been the day before and the waves had been bigger, but not so our 2nd time. He just sat on his board and waited for the waves to carry him out....

Good thing Mr. James came with us- he was MUCH more fun than the waves!!

Random Moments from This Week

The kids love the diving board- Addie has perfected the cannonball!

Alden goes freakishly high off the board....

These 2 miss school- here they have over 50 dolls lined up, reading to them, while they play school!

Free Chicken!

Once a year Chick-fil-A offers free meals if you dress like a cow. What fun!!

Addie is a princess cow and Alden a fire fighter cow- we got lots of complements and our picture is on this CFA's website!

We met up with our friends Hannah and Avery- aren't they adorable?

Cute cows!

Checking out the malls ride-ons- no money needed for them to have fun!!

Big Boy & the Deep End

He did it!! He passed the Swim Test!! After weeks of being able to- he finally did it!! For some reason he had some mental block- every time he tried to take the Swim Test- swimming the entire length of the pool, 25meters without stopping- he would start crying and would have to stop. Today, he just decided to swim a lap with his friend, Elena. He did it with ease- and just like his sister- at the end, jumped out and without breaking stride, went straight to the slide and went down! I didn't have time to grab my phone for the first slide, and of course, I didn't have my camera... But here are a few of the over 20 jumps off the diving board and 20 slides down the slide.... He was SO proud he had a little swagger in his walk. We are so proud of him- what an accomplishment before his 4th birthday!!