Another Day at the Beach!

Tuesday we had another beautiful day.  We started off with a nice little stroll looking for seashells.

Aunt "Chi-Chi" found a jelly fish:

Left to Right: Twinkie Boy, The Baby, The Girl, Twinkie Girl, Texas Cousin B and Texas Cousin G.

We found all sorts of pretty shells

Then we hung out around the house.

The little guys played several rounds of corn hole.

Great Grandma Halsey taught THE BOY to play firehouse Rummy and they watched some court TV together.  I think they both enjoyed their special time together.

Then the Big Boys: Cousin Ty, THE BOY, and "Texas G" went with Randy, Uncle Ryan, and Pepaw to a museum, to play laser tag, a ropes course, Bojangles, Go-Carts, and Ice Cream.

I unfortunately don't have pictures of their adventures....but I hear they had lots of fun!

While the boys were out: The Twinkies, The Girl, The Baby, Texas B, TL, Grammy, Aunt Rhonda, Aunt "Chi-Chi" and I went to the Boardwalk.

The kids rode motorcycles

and teacups

several times!

the "baby" pirate ship

The "real" boats

and the carousel...

The Baby ran to the dog, of course....and spent the ride barking and petting "Mindy".

She misses her pup!

The girl was the biggest in our crew and quite a help with the little ones.

We had a lot of fun

and Lots of Smiles

However.....we had to head home after just a bit because IT WAS HOOOOOOOOT!

So I treated all the kiddos to icies....YUM!

and we cranked the air....and headed back to the house.

I'm not going to lie:

I had a screaming, hitting, fussing...bunch of younguns in my van....and it was NOT the cousins....it was MINE!

They were hot and tired....so it was most definitely NAP TIME!

ALL the kids ended up napping except Twinkie Boy and The Girl.  They just rested.

After a break we had a swim and a yummy dinner.

Ruth made Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes, Peas, and Salad.....YUM

Then....

Pepaw took Ty to the park.  Randy went to work on a paper for school.  Andrew and Great Grandma Halsey and Aunt "Chi-Chi" chilled and played some cards.

And we....meaning: Grammy, Uncle Ryan, Uncle Barry, Aunt Rhonda, TL, Texas G, Texas B, The Girl, The Twinkies, The Baby, and I went back to the Boardwalk.

We had all day ride passes.

It was so much nicer in the evening.

We rode whales

and caterpillar's

and big, scary, swings

and of course more "real" boats

it was even more fun at night!

They definitely got their money's worth.....

I wish I had gotten more night time pictures....but when we went to the car I ended up leaving my camera....but they rode lots more rides and we stayed until 10:00 and watched the fireworks!  Then we headed back to the house.  Stopped at Krispy Kreme to get HOT donuts and finally made it home.  What a fun day we had....exhausting, hot, and long.....but definitely fun!
We promptly tucked the kids in and headed to bed.......and again listened to the ocean lull us to sleep.  Yes....I am definitely a beach girl!
I do LOVE the beach!!!!