Beach trip: pool day and some beach

Went to the kiddie pool for a morning--not great for little 2, great for the big 2.  Also finally got some pictures down at the beach of the kids enjoying the ocean/sand, etc. 

check out this beauty Auntie Erika :)

Hangin' out at the beach house, doing puzzles with Nana

and yet again, Evie wants to hold whatever wildlife we happen to run into--this time it was a tiny tiny frog she wanted to have

playing at the pool, even Clara got in on the fun...

until she decided it wasn't fun anymore.... :(

ahhh, finally... mom took me back to the house (Clara)  

aww, almost looks like they like eachother.... or at least tolerate eachother

this was also the evening out to Rainforest cafe!  big girls loved it, Helena clung to Brian in desperate fear the whole time....  maybe next time she will like it better

and to the beach!  check out what is going on in this pic below... sisters..

the clouds and lighting was fantastic, so I went a little camera happy and took a whole bunch because it was fun and the kids were having an absolute blast

seriously running their little tiny legs off

Beach trip: Moody Gardens

Nana took us all to Moody Gardens for part of a day--saw both their Aquarium and Rainforest exhibits which were all fantastic!  Well worth it, kids and adults all loved it! 

kids all ready to go--matching and in bright colors so we couldn't lose them!  

but wait... first we have to play with some necklaces

and get a picture taken

"angry eyes, happy face.." this is what she came up with

and we have arrived at the aquarium... Evie forcing Skylar to look at something

playing with the flash to try and get a few good pictures--pretty amazing aquarium they have there

And on to the rainforest part---and the highlight was the butterfly exhibit they had!   Clara slept by this point and Helena did great, but was pretty sleepy by the end. 

Okay--this series of pictures shows a butterfly landing on Savannah (she was not a fan), and Evelyn begging to have the butterfly go on her finger, which it did... for awhile... pretty cool!

favorite picture below!

this little girl was a trooper--even got some smiles when we finally got back to the beach house to rest

...and cool down at the top of the stairs for a bit... ;)