Drying in the Sun

A warm shower and drying off in the sun was the end to a fun time at the beach for Ellie. 

Jumping with a Friend

All it takes is a good friend to encourage Ellie, who normally doesn’t like to jump off high places, to jump with him.  Ellie had so much fun they jump 4 times off this wall before we had to go home.

Finding things to Keep Busy

While we did have two bedrooms in our motel room, it was still very small.  We tried to get out as much as the weather would let us.  The swing sets were missing the swings and not very sturdy but Ellie wanted to have a go in the swing chair.  She spent about 10 minutes playing at the motel before we headed off for a walk to the beach.  We didn’t make it to the beach and had to turn around as it started raining very hard.  Cooper thought it was fun being pushed fast in the pram covered by my rain coat.

Walking on the Railing

During our evening beach walk, Ellie wanted to follow the path under the bridge to the other side of the road.  Once we were by the bridge she climbed up on the first board and made her way on that level all the way to the other side of the bridge.  While stopping from time to time to look over the railing to spot ducks, sticks, mud, and bubbles in the water. 

Ellie’s words  “At the beach I was on the railing where the water and the ducks live. Closely under a bridge.”

Cheerio Holder

Ellie and I build this Cheerio Lego container to try to slow Cooper down from eating all his Cheerios before I was done making breakfast for everyone else.

Ellie’s words “Daddy had this idea to put Legos around Cheerios.  Because he can’t get in. The End”.

Cooper's Picture

Ellie couldn’t just let Cooper get his picture taken without getting in on the fun, or just getting my attention.  She wanted me to get a few pictures of her holding Cooper.