Sanibel

Rich had a 4 day weekend so we took advantage of his time off and went on a little vacation to Sanibel Island. Heard of it? It is the #1 best place for shelling in the U.S.  As far as shells go, I must say, it did not disappoint.

We drove up on Thursday afternoon and went straight to the beach. Maya didn’t waste any time. She tried to shove ever single shell she saw into her bucket! That’s A LOT of shells!

Aidan wasn’t too into the shells but he did what he does best…run!

 

Arabella. Oh Arabella. So cute and yet such a stinker! She has been going through this crazy phase where she HAS to be holding somebody’s hand. Yeah, that got old. So we let her cry it out until she flipped a switch and started having fun.

Here she is happy as a clam because she’s holding daddy’s hand.

Then, heaven forbid, he let go!

Flipped a switch:D

 

That was fun.

Then we headed over to a restaurant called The Bubble Room. Food was yummy but what I loved best was how cute and colorful the restaurant was.

 

The next day we got up early to make it to the beach in time for low tide. It’s the best time to find cool shells. Of course we didn’t make it as early as we had hoped but there were still good shells. I thought it was gonna be a bit chilly so I dressed the kids a little warm…I was wrong. The kids didn’t waste any time running into the water, even in their pants!

See Rich in the back?

 

These two are seriously BEST FRIENDS! I think Aidan kind of drives Maya crazy a lot of the time but he absolutely ADORES her! Makes me feel bad for Arabella.

Speaking of Arabella, where is she, you ask? Why isn’t she in any of these pictures enjoying the beautiful beach at sunrise? Well, it’s because she was right next to me screaming bloody murder the whole time! Oh, that sweet girl made me crazy!

 

Regardless, we loved the beach during the wee hours of the morning. Everybody around us might not have enjoyed it much thanks to the powerful vocal cords of our little 2 year old. Hard to believe her vocal cords were ever paralyzed!

A few more pics from our morning:

The shell on the right is the one he is going to give to his teacher, Miss. Michelle.

 

What a treat it has been living in South Florida! Sanibel was an experience we won’t soon forget and hope to repeat:)