Oh Mr Sandman

Last weekend the Grenko clan headed back to the beach.  Claire was stoked to hang with her cousins.

 She learned a new trick...

 How to climb on chairs.

 We spent all of Saturday afternoon hanging out on the beach.

 While Claire chowed down on some sand.

 And went for a walk with Daddy.

 She also played in the sand with Grace.

I think she got a little jealous Grace was so distracted by the sand.

She just had to climb up on her lap to play.  It was the cutest.

After playing in the sand for a while we headed down to the water to cool off a little bit.

Claire was on the move.  She had a blast crawling all over the place with no destination.  She just crawled and crawled.

And of course stopped to eat some sand.

The girl just loves sand.

Ooh that bite didn't taste too good.

Claire had a very busy day at the beach.  She even figured out how to climb up on chairs there.

Saturday night we headed up to the boardwalk for some rides!  It was a picture perfect night so we had to stop for a quick photo op...and by quick I mean about 100 pics later we finally got a shot with all 4 kiddies smiling for the camera.  It was worth it though :)

 Then they hammed it up with Nana making silly faces.  Love this one.

Once the little models were done with their photo session we finally got to hit up the rides.  We took Claire on one of Grace and Maddie's all time favorites, the Hot Air Balloons.  Claire seemed a little bored at first..

But after a quick chat...

She was pumped.

And I THINK she had a great time.  I really underestimated the stomach turning-ness of the balloons.  I mean it's a kids ride, right?  Well as soon as it started I grabbed on to Claire as tight as I could as we spun in circles while simultaneously going up and down.  It was a lot nuttier than I remembered. Luke was a first timer who seemed to have under estimated the ride as well.  I was so concerned with Luke's worried look across his face that I forgot to check out Claire.   According to Daddy on the sidelines though, she seemed to have a blast so maybe Daddy can take her on the Hot Air Balloons next time :)


Sunday, we spent the morning climbing some stairs.

 The girl is getting fast.

She's not walking yet but she's getting close.  She can stand on her own for quite a while.

And will even take a few steps towards us but she still has some work to do before she's moving on her own.


After a bit of exercise, it was time for a quick dip in the ocean. 

 And some QT with Daddy.

 And Mommy.

 AND Grammy and Pop who trekked down the shore to spend the whole day with the little lady.

It was a perfect weekend.