On our final farewell of summer we took a little getaway to Hilton Head Island. Our friends, the Thrashers graciously invited us to join them at their family's beach house. I know, I'm "that mom" that yanks their child who has only been in school just shy of 4 days out to enjoy one last family vacation. I do remind myself that it is preschool though. Mommy guilt? Maybe! Don't judge. August equals summer in my book;) All of these excuses helped me to forget the "hooky woes" and hip hop off to enjoy one last trip to South Carolina. Our beach trips have been like bookends this summer, a great kick off at the gulf and a grand finale gallivanting in the waters of the Atlantic.
Miller was beyond excited to have his buds to play with on vacation... Jackson-3, Miller-4, Anna-5.Stairstep children. In his eyes, it was a never ending spend the night party. Thinking ahead, we knew Miller would have chatted it up all night long with his long lost companions. So, we reeled him in to sleep with us. We laugh that Miller should belong to a large family. Think, Duggars. He's our boy that seeks the action, adventure, craziness and energy being around others.There was always someone to be silly with. Miller man was amazed that the party continued over breakfast day after day. Here's a picture of all the kiddos minus Eliza Kate and newborn baby Reese.
This girly graduated from water wading at the beginning of summer to water walking at the end. Our beach babe really enjoyed this new found independence on the shore. The great thing about the Atlantic is the smooth, compact sand and tide pool that extends out a ways. Eliza Kate took full advantage of exploring the joys of shallow water playing.
Every morning we loaded up the golf cart and started off at the beach playing in the surf. As you can imagine, this mode of transportation was a big hit with Miller. He thought we made the trip just to joyride around the block like golfers. Driving the cart on daddy's lap just about did him in. Riding on the back and tossing and turning with his steering jolts just about did his momma in;)
Anna, Jackson and Miller got busy digging like little pirates searching for their hidden treasure once we made it to the ocean. Beach play is hard work! They played so hard each day that they came home and crashed for a couple hours before dinner. The whole house succumbed to the beauty of sleeping, silent children between the hours of 2-4. I finally got to have girl talk with Mandy. It was a beautiful thing!
One our favorite times at the beach is late afternoon. I just love the beach this time of day, but we usually miss out as we're getting ready for dinner. We did get to enjoy a 4:30 excursion one afternoon on this trip.
Anna was so sweet with Eliza Kate. Aren't they tutu cute? She's definitely a little mommy and Eliza Kate enjoyed her. She practicing all her mommying skills on her new baby sister too.
I was waiting for Eliza Kate to protest coming back down to the ocean two times in one day, but she was still excited to play. I loved the sound of her chubby feet splashing with each step in the tide pool. She'd waddle out with full confidence and then make a full circle spin to avoid the waves, intently walking to the safety of dry sand.
This one enjoyed late afternoon kite flying taking advantage of the wind. At one point, the older kids had all three kites in the air.
Gotta love matching trunks. These boys sported a lot of the same swimming apparel as Mandy, J's momma is also a Target shopper. Jackson is ALL boy & These boys don't mind the grit of sand in their hair, mouth, noses or trunks. They had a building project each day.
More to come in Part 2
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