We went last year to Galveston for Mardi Gras and liked it so much we wanted to make it an annual thing. Unfortunately, this year, Whit had to work so he couldn't come. Good news, my mom and Tessa, the two who "sat out" last year, both came!! Hooray! We stayed at the Marriott and had a lovely time! The weather was beautiful! I thought it was too cold to swim in the ocean on Friday, but I was WRONG as you will see!
Here we are leaving the hotel for the beach...
Tessa hadn't been at a beach since June 2013. She loved it!
Oh, our hotel was across from the SeaWALL, not the beach area. Bummer! We had to get in our car to go down to the sandy portions of the beach. So we parked across from the IHOP and played at the beach until we were hungry!
This is where we left the Marriott's seawall and headed out the SAND. Tessa LOVED it!
My miscalculation was that I didn't bring everyone in swimsuits! Actually, Eli and Dora were the only two had swimsuits on, and only because they changed into them while I was dealing with the babies and I didn't feel like MAKING them change back!
I love when you can see what great friends they are!
Emmy had a BALL, too. Everyone was happy. It was just hard keeping them from going too far out in the waves because I lost my voice (cold) and couldn't call out, and they wanted to just walk right into the water! I had jeans on and didn't want to run out after them! Oh well, everyone was safe and had fun.
Tessa did this hilarious thing--she backs down stairs--she's super safe. Anyhow, because the water was down an incline, she would turn around and back down to the water backwards. So funny and cute to watch!
Another little water/sand baby!
All my kids! I am a little embarrassed that Dora's wearing this swimsuit! I thought the top would meet the bottoms (it did on the model) but she's SO tall and so thin--the bottoms were so big they kept falling down. Ick. We will have to give it away, but I didn't think we'd really swim so I just brought one. It was 63 degrees outside--no idea how cold the water is--it made my feet numb! The kids didn't even care!
Love this angel baby!
Crawling right into the ocean!
My little sand turtle!
GORGEOUS!!
Eli had so much fun!
I am in a coat. My kids are all wet and I am in a COAT! Haha.
Emmy the Bemmers! She was so independent, not clinging to me or my leg or anything! It was strange, and sad and exciting all at once.
We went into IHOP--and washed up in their bathroom--so white trash! But we had a fun time and if we annoyed people in IHOP, I bet it wasn't the first time. Then we went back to the hotel, improvised a bath, put the girls to bed, and watched Frozen on the iPad with the big kids. Fun fun day!
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It was a fun day but the water made my toes numb too. I don't know how those little people loved it so much.
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