At ThE BeaCh...

Oh how we miss the beach!

We drove 4 hours to Corpus Christi last weekend.  Our friends Devon and Sarah came too.  It was fun very hot and felt even hotter due to the humidity, but we had fun anyways.  That's what Vacations are for.

It took Lily a while to warm up to the ocean again.  She was mostly concerned about the sand that was getting her dirty and felt funny on her feet.  But soon she realized it would wash off with the water and that she could splash the waves with her hands as they pushed her around.
Funny Story - Lily is potty training and needed to poop.  There were no bathrooms so we tried digging a "camping potty" hole.  She wouldn't have it.  Soon she was screaming and crying from the torture!  "I want to go on the potty!!!"  So we tried holding her up like a seat.  Then we tried just going in the water.  Finally, after a good 20mins of tears we constructed a seat using her sand pail and a diaper pail bag liner.  I can't believe she held it in that long.  Silly girl.

Niki just loved splashing and jumping and acting like Lily.  She slept a lot in the beach bouncer too.

We did all there to do in Corpus Christi:

• We rode "Captain Cook's Flagship" paddle boat around the bay.
• We drove over the bridge and around the town and along the bay view.
• We took a quick swim in the Navy base pool before it closed.
• We stayed in the Navy Lodge impossible-to-get-during-the-summer suites.
• We went to the aquarium and watched the dolphin show.
• We went to the beach and even caught a few small waves on the boogie boards.