Kiawah 2012 (pt. 2)

Sometimes Kendall just needs a little snuggle...okay, okay, she ALWAYS needs a "shhhnuggle"...and Papa was completely willing to let her join him while he rested

MC doing the wave...

apparently MC loves her tongue and thinks everyone should love it as much as her...she spent the majority of the time out on the beach with her tongue out or on her upper lip...she's a mess...

Kendall and those glasses are at it again...she kept saying "I'm a mermaid, I swimming like a mermaid!" Oh goodness...

having quality time with daddy

Okay, here is a picture progression for you...

Mc playing in the sand completely happy...

within a second she starts crying and throws herself face forward in the sand...

side view of the upset little one

once she's done crying, she rolls over and gazes off in the distance...careful not to look at mom...oh boy...

K and Daddy hanging out in the tide pool

stopping for a quick picture after a dip in the ocean...all smiles of course;)

Alley holding one of "her" starfish...the whole time she is telling me how much it is tickling her

here it is trying to escape

Recently Alley has been begging us to get her a bike. We thought the beach would be a great place for her to try one out and for us to see if she really wants one or is just saying it. Well, she actually really wants one...all she wanted to do (whenever not at the beach) was to ride her bike. I guess it's time to start searching for one!

 sassy little Kendall:)

playing together in the hole daddy dug...waiting for more water;)

my girls

my favorite 4

the fam

2 or the 3 girls with their mimi and papa...the middle child was off throwing a monumental tantrum...like normal;)

sweet sweet baby MC...now officially a 1 year old! AHHH!

running running running

enjoying a little time off the sand...but as you can see, she brought a little to snack on...

more running

MC wanted in on the action

holding the sun

my 3 Kiawah girls

The girls and Mimi and Papa

We got to celebrate MC's first Birthday at the beach this year! Next and last Kiawah post....the birthday bash:)

Kiawah 2012 (pt. 1)

We just got back from a WONDERFUL trip to the beach. Despite thunderstorms every night a some rainy afternoons, we were still able to get out to the beach and enjoy ourselves every day. The girls LOVED the beach and the ocean. We were even lucky enough to have some tide pools to play in as well. I have a gazillion pictures and am having a hard time narrowing them down, soooo, you will get a few posts from our beach trip...oh lucky you! ;)

Kendall sporting her super cool shades. She was HILARIOUS in these sun glasses! She wore them everywhere. This girl can definitely strut her stuff, and when she had these glasses on, there was a little more swing to her strut;) Here she is sunbathing/swimming in a tide pool

carrying buckets of water up to the hole they all dug 

down and back, down and back...they ran down and back from the water so much everyday that you'd think they would have been exhausted come bedtime...HA! Whoever said being out in the sun and playing in the water will make kids sleep well obviously never met my three kiddos! They struggled to go to sleep and then were up before 6am. I finally had to implement the "don't get out of bed until the clock reads 6:00am" rule...worked like a charm, but was still quite early!

MC playing in the sand and water...she loved racking her fingers through the wet wet sand. I guess it was something about it oozing through her fingers. All I know is she did it constantly!

very serious about this tide pool...maybe contemplating her next move?

 quality time relaxing with daddy...they were probably talking about their crazy, wild ideas;)

every time MC saw a bucket, this is what she'd do...and I mean every time! 

Alley showing off one of the starfish she caught. There must have been a starfish convention at Kiawah this year (or they are all coming for the PGA which starts next week!). I have never seen so many live starfish in my life. They were covering the beach. And they were alive! Alley started collecting them and trying to make sandcastles for them to stay in..but they kept escaping. At one point she came running up to me with a stack of at least 5 starfish in one hand and a conk shell (with a slug type thing in it)...all of them moving their tentacles and tickling her. She loved it. She was very disappointed when I wouldn't let her keep one...she had a very convincing argument though...

sweet MC

Alley running...I think that is the only speed she has...reminds me of a certain someone whom she looks exactly alike...

playing "whorsey" in the sand...

digging a hole to who knows where...

running, running, running...yes, please, find a way to wear yourself out!

stealing daddy's hat and yelling, "wook at meeee"

 playing tag...can you tell we are trying our hardest to wear the girls out?!

resting...or not...

 so, I told them it was time to go and that they needed to wash their feet off and get their flipflops...this is what they did...apparently washing our feet and shoes is hard business, so we need our chairs to help...

yeeeeeah, I don't think this is what I told them to do...

but, they were cute...now, get up and listen to mommy;)

little miss getting her share of the ocean...she loved it! She kept wanting to go out farther and by herself...yes, she is just like the other two. "Go further daddy, further!"

 here she is in action with her wet sand obsession

and let it drip down the arms...off to find another spot...