Char-la-stin: Round 3 (Beach Babes)

Spending my days on the beach may be one of my most favorite things of all time.  Now that the boys are at an age where they really really love to play, the beach is so much fun.  I mean, there are miles and miles of sand that provide great opportunity for both diggin’ and runnin’.  What’s not to love?

We had many a lunch on the beach while in       Char-la-stin, and here is one of the cuter times!

It was Uncle J’s idea to bring Wago, and having Wago on the beach was a huge hit!

Little Miss also had a ball!

Having two babies at once didn’t provide for many naps on the beach when the boys were little . . . chaos always ensued and naps were taken indoors.  So, having Little Miss snoozing in the stroller right beside me on the beach was just heavenly!

 

My lovely view! 

Anna loved the beach!  She is just so adorable!  We loved playing with her—William and Hudson would come and pop his head into her stroller to check on her and give her a sandy smooch.  Precious!

Our chubby watermelon!

Oh, my heart!  I just adore this sweet face! 

And, the eyelashes . . . oh, the eyelashes!

Checking out the view!

Posing!

This afternoon, Charlie was especially snuggly with his Uncle Ju-Dah.  It was so adorable!

Little Miss loved the entertainment! Although we all enjoyed relaxing on the beach, it was really a “working vacation” for the boys! {These boys are playing with the best sand toy ever.  Thank you, Sugie!}

Daddy helped the boys work . . .

 

And, they did a lot of work together, too!

I love their expressions!

Wild man!

We found lots of treasures at the beach this year!

And, tiny crabbies . . .     

And, there were lots and lots of starfish, much to the boys’ excitement!

Yook, Daddy!  Did you see dat?

Oh, how I love a sleeping beach baby!

After a great day on the beach, we had a MUCH anticipated visit with our friends, the Caldwells!  The Caldwells lived in Richmond several years ago, and they ended up being on vacation at Isle of Palms while we were there!  Anna and sweet Gaines are about 5 weeks apart, and we were so anxious for them to meet!

The outdoor shower became a big play area for our boys . . . 

 

Don’t we all want our outdoor showers to have a nice peep hole?  Seems fitting, right? 

I see you!

We were hysterically laughing while trying to get this picture taken . . . wrangling all of these boys was a hoot!  The crazy part is that none of us had children when we met . . . in less than four years, Mary DuPre and I have had a total of SIX children and FIVE of them are boys!  WHOO!  Watson turns 4 in June, Trib turned 2 in March, our boys are almost 2.5, Anna is 6 months and Gaines is 5 months.  OH, how I wish we lived closer!  We could just lock ourselves in one of our houses and let the chaos ensue!  We love and miss y’all, Caldwells!  Come see us!