The Beach

It was that time again to make the 4 hour trek down to the coast. Each trip has a little different look and this time we stayed in a little community called Pirates Cove & brought Franny with us. The big things that made this trip different were all the seaweed and the crowds. On the first day we only had about 2 feet on either side before you were encroaching on your neighbor's space. The seaweed was so bad by day 3 that on day 4 we opted to go the the Aquarium in Corpus instead. Don't get me wrong, we did get in the water and although we thought it was gross we made the best of it and had fun, but looking at the pictures I took it does look more like a big play in the sand with your swimsuits on trip.

 The making of sand castle #1

This guy's temperament is such a blessing! Here he is just hanging on sucking on his fingers. 

Crab hunting after more sand castle building on day 2.

I am not sure the final count, but all of them were pretty small.

This was the biggest crab we caught and this was taken after we released him. The kids followed him for awhile.

We usually build the kids one of these sea baths, but we did it this time trying to keep out the seaweed.

Thanks to Nana we had this kite. 

I promise she was on the trip despite the fact that I didn't get many pictures of her. : (

Sweet naps.

This is castle #3. (I didn't bring the camera to the beach on day 2.) This was the kid's sand dribbles.

This was what the other side looked like.

It kinda looked like a wedding cake with a castle top.

The Aquarium

This was the all around favorite part- the dolphin show.

If you have seen Planes then you will understand how much Bailey & Blake wanted to go see the "Jollywrenchers boat" in the background. Maybe next time we will head there.

Feeding the seagulls.

Late afternoon shadows- right to left: Franny, Luke, Mel, Bailey, Blake, Blair, and Beau (in carseat).

It was a great trip and all things considered I still think the beach is the best trip you can take with kids. The kids hardly even noticed the seaweed and they were content for hours just playing. We might look into going to a different beach next time, but you can't beat the drive. We will see. Thanks Port A!