Back to the Beach!

It's been a little over a week and we are finally back into the swing of things after a great vacation in Newport. The last time we were there was a couple of years ago and Mallory had such a great time playing on the beach. This year she picked up right where she left off. The weather was perfect and we were able to get her to the beach almost every day.

Not sure if I want to go in...

 

One of the big changes from the last Newport vacation was that we left the pups at home this time around. We had a good friend of ours stay at the house to keep an eye on things. As much as we wished the pups were with us, it was so nice to have one less thing to think about and we had more room in the car since the cargo area of the wagon was now free. The ride to and from Newport went well. We were not sure how Mallory was going to be in a car for 4 hours but she did great and was occupied with her Leap Pad tablet.

Here Mommy, have some mud!

We stayed at the same house we rented the last time, which worked out great because we were able to eat most of our meals there versus having to go out every time and it was so close to everything. The bed situation for Mallory was a little shaky at first because her room had 2 full size beds to work with. We wound up pushing one of the beds against a wall and setting up two bed rails on the front and side. The first night, she went right to sleep without any issue with her new surroundings and the rest of the week was the same. I think all the time outside and on the beach tired her out so much that she just crashed the minute she hit the bed.

Waves!!

Me and Daddy



One of the days we decided to take a field trip to a nearby Animal Garden park which we thought Mallory would like. We got there and spent about forty-five minutes getting Mallory to "warm up" to the place. After getting her to start walking towards the main garden area, we had a chance to see some really neat flowers and gardens.

Animals!

Alright, I'll check it out....
 

When we weren't on the beach or checking out animal shaped bushes, we spent a lot of time driving around and checking out different parks and drinking a lot of Dell's lemonades...at least one of us was drinking Dell's.

The week went by so fast and we snuck one more trip to the beach in the morning before we went back to the house to pack things up. It was so nice to have the beach to ourselves and see the waves one last time. Overall, the trip couldn't have been better and it was so great to see Mallory enjoy herself. Looking forward to many more beach vacations! Stay tuned for more pictures...we were still sorting through the hundreds we took each day!

Bye Bye beach :(

Waves are coming!

Higher Daddy!