Just what the doctor ordered...

Ahh...just in time, spring break is here! The four of us packed up our bags yesterday (Baxter had a spend the night party with my parents!) and headed to the beach. The weather has been perfect and it has been the most perfect vacation - day 1! On the way down, during moments of silence, Rhodes would blurt out with enthusiasm "We goin to da beach!!!!" - We have a beach bum on our hands! We went for a walk this morning and they were both excited about getting out of the stroller to go walk on the beach, especially Rhodes. She was squealing with giddiness when she saw it and started jumping up and down when we let her out. She also ran headfirst towards the ocean (in her smocked dress :)), whereas Ali stayed back for fear of all of the dead jellyfish on the beach (there were a ton of them!) - she was cautious and excited!

We made it to the beach and Rhodes was obsessed and excited about putting on sunscreen. She kept asking for more and giggled the entire time I put it on her! ;)
Ali loved the beach too - we left our pails and shovels at home so she loved playing golf in the sand and playing at the shore! She loved writing her letters in the sand - especially Ali, Rhodes, Dada, Mama and all of her ABCs - she loves writing these days and we are so proud of her! :)

I love the differences between my two sweet girls - they couldn't be more perfect & different (or more beautiful in their mother's humble opinion). Like I said before, there were big jellyfish all over the ocean...I was sure that Rhodes would get stung as she wanted to run out into the middle of the ocean. (Luckily - you could see them and avoid them!) She LOVED it - would have stayed in it for 24 hours and would run in, get on all fours and shout "I swimming!"...we warned her over and over about the jellyfish and Ryan kept a close eye on her (pulling her out over and over again) and luckily she made it out sting-free!! :) Ali was loving it too but we were cracking up at her... we would warn Rhodes about a jellyfish nearby and Rhodes would jump in anyway and Ali would back up,cover her eyes and say "I can't even watch her!" - and then say "Rhodes - Be careful!! There are jellyfish! You are going to get stung!" - she was worried sick Rhodes would get stung - such a mother hen! :)

There were men fishing in the ocean so Rhodes would run around with her pole (stick) and poke her stick down with a serious face and say "I'm going to catch a fish!"....she cried begging Ryan to take her fishing! Can two girls be more polar opposites? :)

Both the girls loved playing paddle ball though! They were so much fun - I can not wait to go back to the ocean tomorrow! Just wish I had remembered our camera (thank God for iphones!) and video camera to catch these two in action!

I hope the rest of our trip is as much fun as today was! :) More to come...