We are currently headed back from our family beach vacation on the Delaware Beach. We had a fabulous time staying at a beach house and playing in the sand. We saw many dolphins, a few stingrays, tons of beach crabs, a horseshoe crab, and the wild horses on Assateague Island. It was a great trip. The surf was impressive, and Annah Showed the ocean who was boss by plopping herself right down in the waves and howling with delight every time she got bowled over. She even started to make off toward the sea with a boogie board, but we stopped her before she could hit the open ocean. We stayed with friends who have a little boy a year younger than Gavin and a little girl 6 months younger than Ani, do they had playmates, though there were a few rough patches. But overall, it was really smooth.
Ani has a few new phrases. Her favorite one is "Don't want it", which can be applied to just about any situation. It actually sounds more like "Don WAH nit!" but the meaning comes across quite clearly. She also has another "no" phrase, and we are not really sure what she is saying but it sounds like "no money", which, coming from her mouth, sounds like the matron of a Chinese gambling den. "No Ma-NEE!"
Gavin has had a great time on our trip. His favorite thing was a water park which was geared toward younger kids. He asked to go back before we physically left the water park. He has been pretty sleep deprived, but his explanation as to why this is okay is that he has been eating spinach. So there, mom. he spent the last night sleeping out under the stars on a deck on a reclining chair. It was a putty nice way to top off the trip, while listening to the surf.
They both start at their new "school" (daycare) on Monday, and Gavin is pretty excited. He has told me that he is going to learn lots of new things. He told me that the YMCA taught him how to play, but now he is going to learn. I hope he stys like that. He is currently going through a "why" phase. There's lots of "why do I like this?", and "Why is my toy this color?", "Why is it plastic?", and "Why is plastic strong and why is everything plastic?" I never realized how much I don't think about things and our conversations tend to be a bit philosophical.
I'm including some pictures of our trip today, hope you enjoy them. The other kids in the pictures belong to our friends. Not us.
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