SGI - part six (Friday)

Friday turned out to be a pool day.  Not sure how it happened but it did.  The kids were in the pool by 930.  It was a cooler morning and by the time I got in it was after lunch which we had brought down to the pool for the kids.  We put the babies to bed with the plan to head to the beach when we got them up.  The green cans started flowing again and we didn't want to leave.  Dance party, chicken races and big splashes.  When we got the babies up they swam for awhile too.  We were cooking that night so decided to stay at the pool then cook and then beach so that is just what we did.

                E swimming "underwater" like his sisters

We made fresh grouper tacos that night.  They were yummy!!  By the time the kids got out of the pool it was 630.  They had swam from 930 am to 630 pm, only 2 of them ever made it into the house all day and that was for them to poop. hehehhe

After that we made our way to the beach.  Again we had a blast.  We hunted for shells, had races, made sand angels and played duck duck goose.

             
                       Everett's

SGI-part five (Thursday)

Thursday morning took us back to the beach.  As usual it was a blast.  For the first time the beach had tide pools on it and the kids loved them!!!

That night we again rode our bikes to dinner.  It was pretty yummy and fun.  After that it was ice cream time!!

And the very best part of the vaca was Thursday night.  Ghost crab hunting.  The kids just thought they were in heaven.  "The crabs run sideways!!!!!!!!"  The saying came back from last year!!!

SGI-part four (Wed)

Wednesday started out a little rough.  It was raining hard when we woke up.  So Marci and I pulled out some crafts we had brought.  The dads had an errand to go on so they took the babies (the only time the babies were in the car all week).

When we finally got to the beach it was cooler and windy.  We swam for a bit and then flew our kits.  The kids loved that for awhile but then went off to swim some more and play in the sand.

             
                   Little girl loving flying her kite

 
             
                A dad trying to get the other kite up

 

                     Waiting

   

             A little boy mad that he can't be trusted to hold the kite by himself

   


              A rainbow and a kite in the sky!!!!!!

That night we cooked dinner (fresh shrimp, fresh veggies and pasta in a cream sauce).  After an early bedtime for the kids the adults had their first hot tub/pool party at night.  The nights before we had sat inside watching the olympics and doing that again had been banned by J.  hehehe He had had enough semi finals in track and field.  I'm glad he did it was a blast!!!

SGI-part three (Tuesday)

Tuesday started more of the same.  Coffee, breakfast and then off to the beach.  We played there for awhile and the adults cracked into the "green cans" (otherwise known as: BLL or Bud Light Lime) some what early that day.   By the time we got back to the house for nap time we were having fun.  The babies went to bed and the adults cracked into a marg bucket for the pool party that day.  We all had a blast.  Doing front and back underwater flip contests with the kids, chicken fights with the kids and chicken races with the kids.  It was a blast!!!  So not many pics were taken that day. That night we hopped on the bikes and rode to dinner.  We went to a place called The Blue Parrot and it was yummy!!!!  The kids were good and ate every bit of food they had.  After that we went for a walk on the beach.

SGI-part two (Monday)

Monday we woke up had breakfast and got ready for the beach!!!  The kids loved it.  Loved the sand, water and the waves.

2 little kids in the bike trailer on the way to the beach

                The ocean!!!

            The sand!!!

         
      The babies enjoying their frozen yogurt.

                  2 crazy girls chasing the birds away

   

                the Girls taking a break

               

               So pretty

We were able to leave our tent/shade thing and the chairs on the beach all week!!  We loaded the babies in the stroller and the big kids biked the 3 blocks to the beach all week.  It was perfect.  The dad pulled the bike trailers with the buckets, life jackets, beach bags, towels and the cooler in them.  It was easy and worked perfectly!!!

When the babies started to melt that day we took them back and the moms went to the grocery.  It was the only time all week I got in the car.  The dads and the bigs had a pool party.  They had the best time, we were sad to miss it.  After we got back we joined the pool party for a bit and then grilled some yummy fresh Mahi Mahi.  The fresh fish there was the best.  The pool party continued into the night.  The house we rented had a hot tub too.  When we first got there I looked at that thing like yea right.  A hot tub in FL.  The kids begged and begged to get in though.  We turned the temp down and let them in.  Thank goodness we had it though.  Each day we had a cloudy period and it was for sure a little chilly.  At least too chilly for Marci and I in the pool (heheh yes we are wimps).  Yes I know, crazy for FL in Aug.  We used the hot tub a lot.  During the day and the adults spent several hours in it a few nights after the kids went to bed.  Even E loved it.  He called it "the bath tub" all week.  He would run out of the pool saying, "I get in the bath tub." hehehe