The beach

This morning we woke up and had breakfast out on the balcony. It was so peaceful listening to the waves crash and looking out over the Atlantic. As soon as the girls were up they were ready for the beach! They didn’t lose any time getting their suits on, *a few layers* of sunscreen, and their shell buckets. The beaches are so clean and fine (not what I was expecting for the Atlantic) and the girls loved spending the morning jumping the waves. The look on their faces when they each first tasted the salt water was priceless. Screams of, “oh, how gross” and “ugg, it tastes so yucky” made me giggle. They had no idea what they were getting in to. The water was surprisingly warm so we spent the next 4 hours jumping waves and building sand castles. At lunch time we headed back to the room for a little lunch on our balcony.

Wave jumping was definitely a favorite...Norah practiced on the little ones first.

Why does it taste so salty?!

The older girls took on the bigger waves!

Emma liked to stand right where the waves broke so she could get the full effect of the power behind them.

First time seeing the ocean. (Notice Grace didn't waste any time jumping the waves).