our family is back together!!!!

Last week, G and I were both travelling for work so the kiddos spent a very funfilled week with Papa and Ducky Gramma.  They had a blast but seemed happy to have us home :)

I got home at 2:30 a.m. on Friday.  Eli was up for the day at 5:30 so I was a bit tired but so happy to be home with my babies.  G got home around 12:30 and after a quick lunch, we were off to the beach.  It was such a hot and sunny day ~ perfect for the beach!

We got in our swimsuits, set up the pool, water table and squirt pad so we were ready to play . . . the kids had a BLAST plaing TOGETHER!  They have finally reach the point where they love playing together ~ thank goodness :)

The two of them hopped on the fish swing together, with NO prompting from us. 

Notice Alli's arm around Eli and him lounging on her knee ~ so precious!

After snuggling for a bit, Alli decided to "push" him on the swing ~ oh my, it was all I could do to stand back.

I had no reason to worry though, she was too gentle for Eli's liking

When she stopped pushing, he figured out how to get it going ~ FAST ~ all on his own

Rolled off, got right back up and did it again.

Guess this is what it's like to have a boy :)

They also had so much fun playing in the pool together . . .

Alli's new favorite thing to do is jump into the pool to see how big of splash she can make

Eli loves to watch her do this but Alli thought he should try to . . .  

He was a little too heavy for her so she settled for a snuggle instead

Eli decided to try his surfer pose with the squirt pool ~ not bad!

 Then it was time to play on the dock ~ easy since it was low tide and we could walk to it ;-)

Uncle Z came out for dinner and s'mores and the kids were so excited to see him.

Alli loves playing with Uncle Z and he always brings her a giant cookie ;-)

G and Z had a blast racing out to the dock after dinner but that will have to get its own post

as they were so cute playing together!

Here they were on the dock waving to Alli

Here are a couple shots I took of Alli while the two boys were playing on the dock

She picked me a flower and got me seaweed for my skin ~ hmmmm, not sure what she's trying to tell me!

It was a bit of a rough night and Eli could NOT get comfortable in the pack-n-play or anywhere else.

G decided at 2 a.m. to take him home, where he slept great the little stinker ;-)

So it was just us girls first thing in the morning but we kind of enjoyed that!

Be sure to check out our post of the rest of our weekend fun at the beach . . .