beach time

Connors first dip in the ocean

Caleb is getting quite confident in the water and is now enjoying the waves rather than running from them

We were lucky to use my parents house at the beach to get away for a week after Christmas for a much needed break. My sister Leanna was helping out at a camp down the road with the Kids Holiday programme so she kindly took Caleb and Hayley each morning, which gave them some thing fun to do while Connor slept. The beach is only about a 5 min walk from my parents house so every afternoon was filled in with a swim in the ocean followed by a hot bath to change the kids from blue back to pink. So funny how kids just don't want to get out even though they are shaking uncontrollably. The evenings we enjoyed a nice walk down the beach checking out everyone that was fishing, and we also did a little kite flying as well. After all this excitement the kids slept great, all except Connor. Connor cut a tooth and with this wonderful process he gets ear infections, so he was misserable at night, which meant very little sleep for me.