Beach!

For Fall Break we FINALLY got to take the girls to the beach.  Emily was 5 months old the last time we went so this was basically their first time to see the ocean!  Mom and Dad went with us and we had a wonderful time together.  We spent our mornings at the beach, came in for lunch, spent the afternoon at the pool or the beach again and then ate dinner on the balcony.  It was nice staying at the condo and relaxing for dinner.  We did go out one night for seafood before heading home.  Mom and Dad enjoyed themselves as well and asked if we could come back again next year . . . .ok . . . you twisted our arm : )

 Our condo:

 Our view from the balcony:

 Some happening 40 year olds!

 

 The water was so nice on Sunday that Emily stayed in the water ALL DAY!  She loved walking out far with Joe and spent the rest of the time looking for seashells in the water.  I'm so glad she got to have that day of calm waters!

 All day at the beach wiped them out!

 We also got to eat at the famous Lambert's on our way out of town!

Pool Time

This year our pool stayed opened past Labor Day.  We are glad it did since it decided to be hot and humid in September as opposed to all the rain we had in August.  So we all got to enjoy the pool on Saturday.  Joe enjoyed relaxing and the kids enjoyed swimming.  I even swam for a bit as well:

Abigail practiced swimming a little without her life jacket which basically meant that she lunged at me from the steps.  She did practice kicking and using her arms to try to stay above water for little spurts.  And we practiced going under water together while she had on goggles.

Fun with Friends

Last week the girls played with their friends Julia and Liliana:

 

DeeDee also sent some new dresses for the girls:

And lately they have had lots of fun playing with baby dolls.  Abigail has been playing with Emily's doll that she got pre-American Girl and has had fun dressing her up:

We were also excited that on Aug 22 Emily lost the other front tooth so she is at one of my favorite stages!!!  The tooth literally fell out of her head while she slept.  She woke us up at 5:30 to tell us that her tooth was out.  She apparently had drooled during the night so her sheets were pretty gross.  So glad we didn't have to wait long for the other tooth to fall out!

This week the girls started dance and gymnastics at the Rec Center.  Abigail had her first dance class and loved it:

 

While she was in class Emily worked on her homework:

Emily had Gymnastics on Thursday:

This is one of the things she learned to do at her first class:

While Emily is in gymnastics, Harper and Abigail enjoy coloring together:

 Emily also had grandparents day at school so I went to represent PawPaw, DeeDee, and Grandma since they couldn't come:

Emily sat next to her new friend and they were two of the silliest girls in the world during lunch . . . Have Mercy!!

We ended the week on Friday swimming with friends and had a great time!