I’ve been so super busy lately, but I know
people are suffering from blog-withdrawal, so I’ll do my best
to keep up :)

Eve’s
first trip to the Atlantic

Eve and I took a last minute trip
to the Atlantic Ocean last weekend. My friend called Friday to
see if we wanted to join her and her baby (my daycare baby) for
a weekend in Wells, ME. It was fun. Alan and Lex stayed home
and ate PB&J; and the girls hit the beach. Ok, we really
hit the beach for about 10 minutes one day and 15 the next and
that was about it. Then we hit the outlet stores :) The weather
wasn’t exactly beach-worthy.

Fun on
the kiddie ride at the outlet malls. I’m a boring mommy and I
don’t put quarters into the machines. They’ll figure it out
soon enough and start bugging me, so I figure it’s best to save
my quarters until then :) Eve had a great time just
pretending.

We
got there Saturday afternoon and took the girls to the beach.
The tide was low and it felt like miles from the rocks to the
water. Eve had a great time running on the sand and chasing the
seagulls (she called them ducks). She did not like the water
though! It was COLD and I think the wave may have scared her.
On Sunday we had a brief break in the rain and we slathered on
the sunscreen and headed for the beach, only to find it was
high tide and the few feet of beach area was packed with people
and their stuff, all crammed up and waiting for the tide to go
out. We had fun for about 20 minutes, but then the clouds and
storm rolled in so we headed back to the hotel for naps. Again,
Eve was happy in the sand but screamed when I took her towards
the water. She didn’t even get wet but she cried and said
“cold, cold” when I carried her towards the water. Oh well.
Baby Lyndsey loved the water and the sand. She rolled around in
the sand, snuggled up to it, rubbed her face in the sand and
then laughed when her mommy brought her into the ocean. They
both even went under and Lyndsey was happy! Crazy baby :)

Possibly
Eve and Lyndsey’s favorite part of the trip was the cabinet
under the TV (suitcase storage, we guessed). It was the perfect
little place for them to hide and made a nice little bench for
them to sit on. Made for hours of entertainment.

Lyndsey
really liked the sand! :)

We came back late Sunday night. It
was really nice to have some girl time and a little one-on-one
with Eve. So rare these days. I’ll confess that I missed my
boys too :)

Eve in
her new hat from The Children’s Place Outlet. It’s a little
big, but she picked it out and seemed to love it. She also
picked out a t-shirt for Lex that says “Whiz Kid” but he
doesn’t seem to love it. He doesn’t really love much of
anything new. Maybe she’ll wear it some day.