Father's Day at the Beach

We received a last minute opportunity to spend Father's Day weekend on the coast at the beach house of one of my parent's friends.  We quickly jumped at the invitation, packed our bags, and off we went to the darling beach town of Seabrook for Saturday and Sunday.  It was the perfect way to spend Father's Day and to break in Ella to the world of travelling.  The older kids and I spent a fun filled Saturday afternoon at the beach and at the community pool before returning to the cabin for dinner and bedtime.  On Sunday, we all went to the pool for more water play and enjoyed an early Father's Day dinner before packing up and heading home.  It was a quick trip, but definitely worth it!

When we first got down to the beach, Logan quickly found a sandcastle build by someone else and immediately went to work dismantling it with a stick.

Lia found a huge fort and played in it for awhile before joining her brother.

Brother and sister on the beach.

Lia and Logan soon discovered the little stream that emptied into the ocean and spent the rest of the time playing in it.  Here is my girl frollicking on the beach with the Pacific in the background.

This boy was mesmerized by this little stream and seriously spent an hour running up and down in it.  I just sat on my towel and watched him with a smile on my face the entire time.  It was seriously so cute!  Logan had the time of his life and wouldn't even stop for a picture.

Logan and Lia running up the stream.

Logan soon discovered a stick which brought even more joy to his play.  A two-year old boy + a stick on the beach = pure happiness.

Logan and Lia playing away in the stream with some beach toys.

Lia striking a pose for me while Logan refuses to look at me.

Sweet baby Ella spent most of the trip relaxing back at the beach house with her papa.  Here she is hanging out on one of the couches in the family room.

Baby Ella was a good sport on Sunday morning and happily relaxed and slept in her car seat at the pool's edge allowing us to spend a fun filled hour swimming in the pool.

This was the first time that Lia felt comfortable enough to swim in a pool without a life jacket on.  I was really impressed with her swimming skills.  Two years of swim lessons have finally paid off!

Lia swimming to papa.

Logan absolutely LOVED playing in the pool.  Since it has been almost a year since he has been in any sort of water, he really has no recollection of swimming.  So it was so fun to watch him experience it for the  "first time" on this trip.  He jumped in over and over and over again.  Whenever he was ready to jump in he would come to the pool's edge and say, "Uppy jump!"

Logan jumping to papa.  Look at that boy go!

Big girl Lia jumping in sans water jacket!

Lia and Logan getting warm in the master bath's gigantic tub after swimming in the pool.

Lia and Logan loved eating meals on the bars stools in the kitchen.  

The view of the ocean from the cabin's back deck.  So pretty.

Mama and her brood before leaving on Sunday.