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We crossed off 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153things to share with Lainey\u00e2\u20ac\u009d this long weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the beach and the boat. We took the kids to the beach on Saturday. Lainey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction? She stared at the ocean as I held her. I put her down and she held her toes up like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153uh, what is this I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m standing in??\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She touched the sand, then held her hand out for me to brush it off (see above picture). When we walked her down to the water, though, we could see her thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u009dyep, this is more like it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
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She loved the water, loved it splashing up on her, loved the waves, wanted Randy to take her farther and farther out. In the beginning, she wanted someone holding her hand the whole time, but she got braver as time went by.<\/p>\n
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All the kids had a great time\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Ethan spent most of the time with the boogie board, Payton likes using the shovel digging big holes, Marley stays pretty shallow in the water and hates the sand (like her momma), and Abbey loves swimming deeper, into the waves.<\/p>\n
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We made the decision to keep Lainey in her bathing suit\/swim diaper on the way home. Bad decision. She decided to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153use\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the swim diaper and we had to pull off the side of the road and change her. One car full of girls yelled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yahoooo!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at us as they passed. Not sure what that was about! Once changed, she spent the ride home licking the salt water off of her feet. lol\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Today, we took our ski boat out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6finally, as Randy would say. This is our first time out on it this year\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6guess we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been busy? Lainey enjoyed when we went fast (big shocker there, the girl loves anything fast), didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like having to sit still for long, liked waving to the boys when they were kneeboarding, and wondered why everyone else was swimming and she wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Someone forgot to bring the packed diaper bag, complete with swim diaper. So, no swimming for Lainey Q. Here are a few pics\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
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She wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t thrilled with the life jacket, but she does look pretty cute in it :)<\/p>\n
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She hardly ever takes a bad picture\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
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The guys\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6you can see Ethan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s healing face. Last week, he dove too close to the underwater step in our pool and scraped his face in 4 places. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try and remember to post a close-up of it. Yes, we realize how fortunate he was.<\/p>\n
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She likes riding in the boat, but doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much like kneeboarding or tubing like the other kids. Did I mention that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like her momma?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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