Ok, so we had a few minutes to load some pictures of the beach trip so far-

Emma had quite the time playing with "new" toys that Annalisa and Gregory brought down. Here she was having fun with a doll in her highchair and decided she needed to give her food and drink!

Our first day on the ocean beach- great weather, calm waves, and a perfect tidal pool to play in at low tide! Tons of fun! Emma spent a long time slowly burying the boogie board in sand... she has some sort of odd attachment to it- she really likes the sharks on it showing their big teeth..

Hanging out in the shade with Mommy- Emma Kate really liked the kids size chair Annalisa had

Playing with Gregory's dash board- she loved that it honked and played music

One thing Emma learned from Gregory- stomping sand castles is fun!!!

Emma helping to build an Incan temple- she would drop handfuls of sand on it and pat-pat-pat it
I'm not sure how much time was spent on this adventure- she would repetitively rinse her hands in the bucket, then grab a handful of sand, drop it in the bucket (splash), then rinse her hands again. She was so entertained by it!
Hanging out with Mommy in the sun, Mommy was so excited to dig a belly pit and lay face down for once! What a treat!
Playing ball with Daddy- Emma was having so much fun, giggling and smiling the whole time- she was actually pretty good at catching the ball!

Daddy's little girl!
Another Emma pastime- shaking out a blanket, then sitting, and lying down on it... then she would move on to the other blanket- some ladies sitting next to us told us they had been watching Emma and got the biggest kick out of her blanket cleaning techniques

Emma's hair is growing so long, but you'd never know it- it just piles up on top of her head!!!

We went to the aquarium and Emma Kate was really into it- she loved it!

Being silly with Daddy- so cute!!


So it's been a great trip so far- we've had tons of fun and got to visit with some great friends from school, got to see family, and we'll even get a quick visit with Mimi and PopPop this weekend! We'll post more pictures as we have them- hopefully we'll have another good day at the sound tomorrow!