beach trip!

We finally got to take Olivia on her first beach trip. She loved it! It was quite a drive down there. We thought she would sleep quite a bit in the car, but we were wrong. She finally fell asleep when we were about an hour away. We only got to be out on the beach Saturday morning. Olivia loved every minute of that! She ran up and down the beach, splashed in the water, and even went "swimming" with Daddy. (Which means Paul held her the whole time while he waded out into deeper water.) After her nap, we went out to eat at a seafood restaurant, went to play putt-putt, and had ice cream. Olivia really enjoyed playing putt-putt, but she didn't quite get that she was supposed to hit the ball with her putter. She either scooted the ball around on the green, or she just picked the ball up and dropped it in the hole! Of course, she didn't do much playing at all, she mostly ran around the course. She liked the fake animals that were there, and wanted to climb some of them. Olivia really enjoyed the ice cream cone that we bought her after playing putt-putt. She also really enjoyed the rocking chairs that were at the ice cream shop! We knew we wouldn't have time to go to the beach on Sunday, so we packed up the car and headed to a public playground there. We had a picnic and let Olivia run around and play in hopes that she would be really tired and take a long nap in the car on the way home. Overall, we had a great time, but we hope we can stay longer next time we go!