The Turners: Beach Trip!

We went to the beach for Memorial Day weekend and had a blast! Some friends of ours got married and we made a little vacation out of it. Maddox had soooo much fun! Probably because he got to spend 90% of the day outside at the pool and on the beach playing in the sand and probably because he got to stay up late every night, sleep with Mommy and Daddy, and he had his RaRa and Poppy there to spoil him rotten too! What more could he ask for?

Maddox and Jackson had a great time feeding the ducks with Poppy. Or rather, Jackson fed the ducks while Maddox tried to fathom why he was throwing perfectly good bread on the ground. As I predicted, Maddox ate his bread instead of sharing with the ducks.

Maddox had a great time playing in the sand. Last time we took him to the beach, it was pretty cold out so he couldn't really play in the sand like he wanted to. Fortunately he still loved the sand just as much as last time. In fact he didn't care that he was completely covered in sand pretty much head to toe. He was crawling all around in it getting filthy, but he didn't seem to mind it one bit!

As much as he loved the sand, we did have a few incidents where he faceplanted in the sand. He definitely got a mouthful of sand once or twice which couldn't have tasted too good. But surprisingly, it didn't seem to bother him too much other than the funny faces he made!

Maddox also loved the swimming pool too. It has been a while since he has been in a pool, but he had a great time. The condo we stayed at had a beach entrance pool so he had a great time just walking around in the shallow end. He seemed to enjoy just walking in and out of the pool the most. He also got out in the deeper water some with me and Blake and he had fun splashing around.We also spent a good part of our vacation pointing at the sky. We stayed right near an airport so there were several planes taking off and landing each day. It never failed that every time we heard one, Maddox would stop what he was doing, get a really serious look on his face and point at the sky. Sometime he would say "oohhh". He has been pretty fascinated with planes for a while now so this was a special treat for him!One other funny thing that he is doing now (that I suppose I am guilty of teaching him) is being very dramatic when he drinks. When he takes a sip of something it is now usually followed by a very loud "aahhh". This is mainly when he drinks out of a big cup, but sometimes with his sippy cup too. It really is so funny and cute to see. Here is a photo of him taking a drink from RaRa followed by his patented "aahhh".

And of course what vacation would be complete without a few cute beach pictures. I just had to get a few so we took Maddox out to the beach one night, only for about ten minutes while I quickly snapped a few pictures of him. It is pretty tough to get him to stay still for long so I had to take what I could get of him running around on the beach.