The GA Guinn Trips

So we spent the last week in Fort Walton at the Waterscapes condos hanging out and trying to keep Alyssa from swimming to Cuba every time we went to the ocean.  I have to say that this was the BEST Vacation I have EVER taken with the girls.  Usually vacations are stressful.   You are in an unbabyproofed area, you worry about them screaming their heads off and keeping the people in the next condo up, you worry about keeping them entertained, getting them to sleep, etc, etc, etc. 

This vacation the only baby proofing issue was the toilet paper roll (which they managed to unroll a few times a day) and the ladder to the bunk bed.  We were on the ground floor and the patio opened onto the courtyard lawn, which freaked me out when we first got there, because how would I control them, but it was WONDERFUL!!!!  They had an entire lawn to play one. We could see our room from the splash pool!  I want to stay on that level everytime, because it was SO nice to have a place for them to play.  And the swimming lessons paid for themselves in this one trip!  There was no worry about them in the pool.  They would jump in and swim to me, or if I wasn't ready for them.  They would turn around a swim back to the wall!  It was AMAZING!!!! 

The girls LOVED the ocean.  Isabelle was our most hesitant and usually wanted to be carried into the waves.  Makenna wanted you to be near her in the ocean.  And ALYSSA was just crazy!  She want to DO IT herself.  If you tried to hold her hand or pick her up, she would tell you "NO!" and try to walk out even more.  She did not care if it was OVER her head!!!! 

Heading to the beach on day one!

Isabelle hitting the ocean!

Here's the personalities in the water...Sandra (and can't you see how much her running is changing her body?  She is definitely getting that runner's look now!) and Is (who doesn't want to be put down.)  Makenna is with Nana and she wants Nana by her.  Alyssa and I are heading out to sea and Alyssa is mad that I won't put her down, even though the water is OVER her head!

The girls in the splash pool!  Which actually became dangerous, because the girls want to dive into two feet of water.  We spent most of our time in the deep end of the big pools!

Alyssa swimming to me in the ocean!

Issy (I think) sliding down the slide!

The girls also enjoyed playing in the sand!

And with the pinwheels Poppa got them.

Running around on the beach!

And did I mention how much the liked to fly the kites!  They were crazy about the kites.  They would take the strings and let the kites out as far as they would go and just laugh!  It was too funny! 

Poppa built the girls a sandcastle (and yes, my dad did take some reeds from the dunes!  He apparently did not know that it was illegal!)  It took the girls two minutes to destroy it!

We buried Aunt Sandra in the sand!

And Is (again I think).  I really wish you could see Alyssa's face here!  She is VERY concerned that we are doing to her sister.  She did not like it AT ALL!  She kept trying to dig her out!

Aunt Jean and the girls (and me being insane suncreen momma!  Don't you LOVE Makenna's Hat?)

We did two photo shots, but until I have my computer back, I can't down load them, so hopefully, I'll have them later this week! 

Oh and did I mention the girls graduated from Swimming Lessons?  Here they are with Mrs. Gina, the girls, and their trophies!

We will be doing another week of lessons this week to make sure I did not screw them up while in Florida, so here's hoping tomorrow goes well!