The Leonard Family: Seagrove Beach 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Seagrove Beach 2012

It was just perfect! We truly love going down to Seagrove each year. We get so excited when we make the last turn towards the beach. It's just a happy place for us! This trip did NOT disappoint! The kids did really well on the car ride. Lucy would get tired of being in her seat, but she hung in there and a little Elmo show helped pass the time! We got in around lunch on Friday and met the Coopers at Bud and Alley's for lunch at the roof top terrace overlooking the beach (yep - good way to start, huh?!) We checked in to our house and headed straight for the sand! The kids LOVED the beach! They played and played and played! Jack and Caroline had the best time making sand castles and "cakes". Jack also made lots of "Soup" in his buckets. He said he was making it to feed the waves and he would make it really yucky because that is how the waves liked it! He would add salt water and sand and seaweed! Jack was a SUPER champ with his cast! He never complained at all about having it on! He used his left hand so much to dig and carry buckets. He would hold it up so that it wouldn't be down in the sand. He was just amazing. We are so proud of him! They also played hide and seek on the beach a lot. (There aren't many places to hide on the wide open beach so they would take turns running up to the little fence by the dunes while the other one counted) All of the kids got along so well and had fun! We spent most of the day on the beach playing in the sand and jumping waves! Lucy loved the baby pool and splashed in and out of it! We cooked dinner two nights and spent one night in Seaside having dinner and getting ice cream. The kids love running around the big grassy amphitheater.
We enjoyed watching the kids play and be so happy in the sand! Days on the beach and nights on the deck overlooking the beach! It was an amazing weekend with great friends. It was one of those really happy times! We can't wait to go back in September! When we pulled in to our neighborhood last night Jack said, "I love the beach! I want to go back right now!" We do too!!!! Click HERE to check out ALL the pictures!