The BEACH!!!!

Since I was on a 165 day school calendar, I got out of school in mid May as opposed to late May. When we started looking for places to vacation, I noticed most of the condos still offered their spring rates if we booked before Memorial, so we took an early beach trip with the Henrys! This was our 5th trip to the beach with Wade and Kerry, but this was the first time we took the kids. Whoa, what were we thinking, taking 4 kids under 4?!
We went back to Waterscape in Ft. Walton. If you've never been, I highly recommend the resort. It is very kid friendly, with numerous zero entry pools and a lazy river. It's close to everything, but not too crowded. The first night we went to the Crab Trap with 4 tired kids, but they did pretty well. This was them celebrating being at the beach!

While it's different and more work going to the beach with kids (no laying out while reading all day), we had so much fun! Luke loved playing in the sand with Parker and riding the waves with Tim. Mallory did pretty well, too. She still takes a looong nap so one of us would have to go back to the condo with her while she slept. Mallory loved splashing around in the pool water. She also started taking multiple steps while we were on the trip. I have a feeling the next beach trip, she and Adeline will be great playmates! I'm already looking forward to our next beach vacation!