To the Beach in January

This January, to escape the cold weather for a bit, we took a little family vacation to a little island in China that has warm weather and nice beaches.  Though the kids definitely loved the pool, they absolutely went nuts over the beach.  They loved being able to play in the sand (read "get dirty without getting scolded by mommy"), jump the waves, and swim out to sea with daddy.  As you can see from the pictures, AG is our messy girl, and Elijah is our boy who always wants to keep his hands clean.  They are really so funny about this!

 

We stayed at a nice hotel, ate hamburgers for lunch, and had stir-fried ice cream for dessert at nights.  We didn't check e-mail, and we had no agenda.  It really was one of the most relaxing things we've done together as a family so far, and we will definitely do it again!

 

AG sporting her new hairstyle!



Notice Elijah's hands- he hates for them to be dirty and here he
is trying to brush the sand off at the beach.  Good luck buddy!

Lijah and Daddy! (again notice his hand)

AG scooping and shoveling

One more time for keeping the hands clean!

Bathing beauty and her mommy!

Out to sea with Daddy!

Still agitated about the sand on his hands!  He is cracking me up!

"Ride a ride!" - AG's new favorite phrase