Mommy took the ladies to the beach at 8 am to meet Grandpa Frome. It was a little windy and a tropical depression had caused large waves and the foam to come ashore. The early morning was spent blowing bubbles, building some cupcake sandcastles and checking out the neat, but dangerous ocean. Before Grandpa headed back up to his apartment to rest, he was standing with Clara and Emma watching the ocean on the ledge thad was created by the storm and a wave came up and splashed everyone- while they got wet and maybe were a little scared, they did a great job recovering and wanted to go back for more. Uncle Adam, Aunt Christina, Lucas, Noah, Grandma and Daddy came to play too. The waves caused everyone to have to move back 4 times - and caused a river on the beach, but the kids loved hanging out in it and digging, swimming, jumping, running and overall, having a blast.
By 1, Mommy and Daddy got Clara and Emma back for a nap, after trying to get all the sand off of them. Clara woke up after an 1.5 hours saying she had to poop- and she went on the potty and did- a huge step for Clara. Mommy made a big deal and promised Clara when she gets home, she'll get her Kai Lan doll. Hopefully, Clara will continue pooping on the potty and not in her pull up.
The gals headed to the pool to hang out for a little, but it wasn't too warm and Mommy took them to Grandma and Grandpa's to change and play Candyland before heading out to Phillips for dinner with everyone. Emma's new favorite treat- as she calls it, "vanilla ice cream with whooping cream." Yes, that is whip cream to the rest of the world. Clara of course, doesn't like it and Emma is thrilled to eat Clara's too.
The ladies have really done a great job all week going out to dinner at night. Even though they are tired, they have mostly behaved well.
Tonight, everyone said goodbye to Uncle Adam, Aunt Christina, Lucas and Noah as they headed off to a cAunt Christina's medical conference in the Chesapeake before returning to Texas. It was really fun to spend the week together and awesome to watch the kids play together and run up to each other and give hugs and kisses.
