2nd Annual Beach trip

Last June, the Silvestros headed out with the McGees on our first annual (is that an oxymoron?) beach trip. We had an amazing time with our two girls who were not yet walking (Addie wasn't even crawling) or talking and were such different little kids than the big girls we have now! Check out the pictures from last year, if nothing else to see Addie's hilarious chubby frowny face at the beach--totally cracked me up!

This year we went to the same house again, but we were missing Stevo, who unfortunately was on call that weekend, and had a new little member of the group--Shannon's little sister Kelly, who at about 6 months was just a month younger than Addie was when we went last June! Time flies, folks, time flies.

The afternoon that Addie and I arrived was sunny and we headed to the beach--much fun was had (still loves the sand, still suspicious of the water), but no photos were taken by either family. This was unfortunate because we woke up the next morning to...RAIN. What to do with two toddlers when it's raining and you're stuck inside? Actually...you can get quite a bit done!

We stayed active by practicing yoga...

...and dancing on the crab.

We cooked a lot. The girls helped out--spatula's ready?

We even cooked an art project...homemade playdough!

WORMS!!!

Other art projects created this wekend included lovely watercolors and requested variations of elmo--as seen in the foreground

We played board games. This one the girls dubbed "monies" and made their own rules.

The girls got a kick out of going in and out of this door. And yes, you guessed it, one of them got their finger caught--it was Addie, but she recovered quite quickly :)

Lots of hugs and cuddles...


...and giggles with little Kelly

Kelly wanted to be a big girl like Shannon and Addie, but...I don't think she's quite old enough to partake in an adult beverage like Red Stripe :)
We made a pilgramage to the Island Creamery like last year--this year the big girls were able to enjoy...

...but Kelly had to settle for licking the extra's off of Jodi's cheek :)


Luckily, in the afternoon it stopped raining, so we were able to go to the beach, but it was overcast and a little chilly, so no swimming was done (much to Shannon's dismay, Addie wasn't too broken-hearted) but there was a lot of fun in the sand.





Oh yeah--Shannon and Kelly's grandparents joined us for part of the trip!


Windy family portraits :)

McGee fam, we can't wait to do this again next year when there will be another kiddo (and of course, Stevo)!