Welcome Back to Another Summer with the +1!

Hello everyone!  I'm back, on summer vacation, and already having a blast with E.  We are now arrived back from Rehoboth Beach and Lewes Beach, Delaware.  This is a vaycay that met us up with Trav's family, and Trav was able to join us for the entirety.  Let me reminisce about the highlights of the trip.

Catching a ride on Grandpa's shoulders

At the Beach/Boardwalk!

Ellie did much better this year with the ocean and sand.  Even though she took about 30-45 minutes to warm up, she started getting braver and braver as time went by, and soon was all about sitting and letting the waves splash her.  She absolutely got over-stimulated by the sand and after about an hour would just lay face first, running her hands through the sand.  By the third day, she was asking to go to the beach and play in the sand.

Girls' Day Out!




I have to say, I have a super girly-girl.  Us ladies went out for mani-pedis and shopping.  Even though E didn't get to go to the salon, she still got her nails painted by grandma, and took her first pedi picture with us. (This is an annual tradition.)  We also hit up shopping a few times.  I was able to snag a jean jacket, some new jeans, and a very cute maxi dress.  Overall, I'm very happy with my finds, and I was finally able to procure an item at Downtown Cowgirl :).  I always love the stuff in that place, and I finally found something that was different but looked good for me.  Eleanor was a natural at shopping at the outlet mall.  I don't know if you knew this, but Delaware has no sales tax, so the shopping is great, and they have some great, affordable boutiques along with a monster outlet mall.  It's so big, it takes up three sections.  E went bonkers on jewelry everywhere she went, and we got photo evidence.  Afterwards, we had lunch at the nastiest Applebee's ever.  It smelled, was dirty, and really kind of gross, but E enjoyed playing on cell phones.

Funland!
Over all the years that we've been going to Rehoboth, we've never realized there was a tiny amusement park.  Now that we have a kid, we now know.  We took Ellie on the carasol, the swings, and a plethora of other rides.  Us older family members rode some the more intense rides, including one that had some interesting vomit patterns on the ground below (omg).  Now we have some tickets to burn, and therefore a reason to go back :)


Overall, this was a wonderful trip with the family, and I'm very glad we got to go.