A Perfect Beach Weekend

Since it was such a beautiful weekend, we took full advantage by spending out on Treasure Island.

G had to work Saturday morning so the kids and I entertained ourselves by decorating cake pops (I attempted to get very creative!), going to our neighbor's garage sale (where I scored big time with a swing, playmat and tub for $50!), hitting up Costco and playing with the Lynch girls. 
G got home a little after 1 and we headed straight to the beach.

What a fun day!

We were so excited to go on the first boat ride of the season but Eli was NOT a fan.

Garrett was driving faster than Eli liked so he got scared and wanted his Daddy (who was driving).  Eli tried to get on G's lap and managed to fall off, splitting his lip open causing blood to gush.  To be clear, Eli was FINE and as soon as he and I were on the beach, he asked to eat ~ silly boy.  After some blueberries, he wanted to go for a bike ride.  Since everyone else was still on the boat, I took Eli on a ride to Uncle Wes and Aunt Bev's house, where he had fun exploring.  We got back to the beach house in time for dinner, followed by some scrumptious (Alli's word that day!) cake pops.  Like I said, I tried to get creative with the red, white and blue but I definitely need more practice.  Still, they tasted quite yummy and were a hit! 

 Eli didn't get a nap, making him a bit cranky and not at all interested in dinner so he explored, still wearing his helmet, which he refused to take off ~ yep, he loves it that much!

After we finished dinner, we gave Eli a "bath" in the kitchen sink and put him down for bed.  He was mad for about a minute and then zonked.  We weren't sure how it was going to go staying the night out there but got a mattress for the pack-n-play so we were hopeful.  Unfortunately, he woke up when we put Alli to bed but laid right back down when we told him "sissy" was there to sleep too.  Alli sat up and smiled at him and he laid right back down and went to sleep.  He woke up a couple times, but would see her and go right back to sleep.  Alli slept like a log!  Eli decided at 5 a.m. he would rather sleep with Mommy so I enjoyed the snuggles!  When he got up at 7:15, he gave me the biggest, toothy grin ~ LOVED THAT!

As soon as he heard Alli up though, he ditched me for "sissy."

Sunday morning was beautiful and after breakfast, it was back outside to enjoy!

Alli was so excited to still be at the beach, and much like her Mommy & Daddy, she loved looking out at the calm water that looked like glass.

Eli couldn't quite decide if he was awake enough to play.  He's not allowed to bring his blankie outside, so he spent a lot of time standing by the door snuggling it ~ too cute!

We finally convinced our dear friends and neighbors, the Lynch family, to join as at the beach for the day and Alli could not wait for her friends to arrive.  She patiently played with her toys and tossed the frisbee while waiting, all the while asking, when it would be 11 ;-) 

When they arrived, the girls got in their swimsuits and went to the beach.  It was a bit cold for swimming but Garrett and Joe took the big kids for a boat ride, Sarah and I stayed behind with Abigail and Eli and got lunch (hot dogs, sausages and hamburgers) started.  The kids enjoyed eating the cake pops after lunch.

Eli thought Emerson had the right idea chillin' on the raft with the cake pop :-)

After eating, we took them on a walk around the island.  Eli rode his bike the whole way!  Okay, so I pushed his bike the whole way but he stayed on it so that's something.

We had s'mores when we returned from the walk, then Alli decided to show everyone how to dig for clams!

Eli wasn't interested in going back down to the beach (he was tired but wouldn't admit it!) so we watched.

We had 6 tired (and somewhat cranky) kiddos by that point so we cleaned up and headed home.

Alli did not fall asleep but Eli finally gave into sleep about 10 minutes before we got home and didn't wake up when G got him out of the car so he put him on the couch to rest ~ I couldn't resist taking his picture.

How cute is he???

He was TICKED OFF when he was awoken by rolling off the couch ~ not hurt but very MAD!

We had to try very hard not to chuckle :-)

Another perfect weekend at the beach and we are looking forward to many more this summer.

Lots more pictures in our June album if you're interested.