"A" Cubed: the Beach

Last weekend we packed the car to the brim and headed south to the beach to visit my dad and Pat. It was the {longest} trip we've taken with the twins so far.

The weather was beautiful. Perfect temperature. Gorgeous white clouds. Crystal {blue} skies.

For all of the first 10 minutes we were there! Did we bring the rain with us? As badly as we all needed the rain, we were a little sad to watch the weather radar predicting rain for all three days of our visit all day long.

BUT...

Thankfully the weather radar isn't always correct, and {this} is what most of our weekend looked like!

(and that sky was actually that color...no photoshop enhancements!!!)

Sure, it {rained} first thing each morning and during naps, but each time we were ready to head to the beach, the sun came out and the dark clouds turned beautiful and fluffy!

If you've followed our blog for at least the last year, you might remember Addie's last trip to the beach...

Um...we had to drag a baby pool out to the beach for her to sit in because she completely refused to put her feet in the sand! No walking in it. No crawling in it. No sitting in it. And certainly no digging in it!

Not this time! We literally couldn't keep her out of the {sand}!

She wanted us to bury her, at times up to her waist, over and over again! She thought it was so much fun!

We were very fortunate to see very little of this...

...those nasty {tar balls}. Although when Addie did stand up from being buried in the sand, she had several rusty colored spots on her legs from tiny tar balls in the sand. There are huge crews of people on the beach everyday except Sunday cleaning, testing, sifting, monitoring, watching, waiting, and working to keep the beaches beautiful. They have forged a trail through the sand where they drive all of their tractors/vehicles up and down the beach. All the sifting of and driving on the sand has made it powdery soft...and oh so cool!

and I think {Bama Girl} would agree!

Right up until she got too hot and would sit right up behind my dad to be in the shade! This is one {smart} dog!

But every once in a while she would venture out to watch Addie playing in the sand!

I really think Addie would have spent every waking hour playing on the beach.

{Digging} in the sand.

Very focused.

Making {sandcastles}.

Just so she could {knock} them down...

The little girls stayed in the condo with Paul some; but on the last day, they made their {first} trip out to sit on the beach!

What did they think of it you ask? Well I'll let you decide!

This is how they pretty much started out...

Anne Perry just watching and listening to the waves...

...and Audrey Kate letting the waves put her straight to sleep.

But before we knew it, they were both sound asleep!

A perfect day for {napping} on the beach!

Addie walked out once with her Daddy to feel the waves, but it didn't take long for her to want to come back!

She informed me that she couldn't go out into the waves because they would splash her swimsuit and get it wet.

Maybe we should redefine {swim}suit for her. ;)

Of course, what's a fall weekend without {football}?

Up first was the Alabama game. Mawmaw Pat is a ~~huge~~ ~~tremendous~~ lifelong-diehard-bleeds-crimson Alabama fan! Addie wore her red dress and yelled Roll Tide to cheer them on. Thankfully, Alabama won!

Next up was the Auburn game, and what's an Auburn game without an Auburn {cheerleader}?

Unfortunately, Addie got a tad confused with what to yell for the Auburn game. She walked in and told Papa Ray...

WAR {BIRD}

well...at least she knew it was a bird. just not specific enough! :)