the court of three sisters: Summer Vacation

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Summer Vacation

We spent the past week at the beach and it was a wonderful vacation for all of us. As I said in my last post, we met family and friends down there and had a week of playing in the sand and waves, riding in a boat, taking walks, finding seashells, flying the kite, looking for crabs, avoiding jellyfish, and lots of laughter and smiles mixed in with each of those. We spent almost all of our time on the beach, in fact I never even went to the pool - Caroline was so happy in the sand and surf that she only asked to go to the pool once or twice. I'll share a little bit about the trip and let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Caroline got more and more accustomed to the waves each day and by the end of the week she was fearless even in some fairly big waves. By Thursday, she didn't want anyone to hold her in the water, she just wanted help jumping over the big waves. We built lots of sand castles, sand birthday cakes, mermaids, and I'm sure plenty of other creations I missed or can't remember. We all had fun sitting at the water's edge, letting the waves splash up on us. Caroline spent what seemed like hours sitting in her chair next to Jo Jo just enjoying the sun and water.

It was great to be with everyone. Drew and Amelia spent lots of time playing with Caroline, complying with all of her requests to be taken into the water with them. We all had fun playing with precious little Cooper and Caroline misses his company already. We took turns cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day and consequently we ate really well and I honestly miss the great food and laughs over those meals.

We made some wonderful memories and we're all already looking forward to next year on the beach!