Yesterday we took a vacation day from work and spent the day with Helen, a friend of hers, and the kids at Martha's Vineyard!  We left about 9am to get to the ferry in time for the 10:45 departure.  We thought we would have plenty of time but as it turned out we got there with less than 5 minutes to spare before the ferry took off!  Talk about your close call!

Here are the crazy kids "posing" on the bus to the ferry!  They are so funny.  I just love them :)




It was SO windy that you had to brace yourself on the side of the ferry or the wind would try to knock you back.  Just check out the crazy hair:





Once at Martha's Vineyard we hit the beach by the big bridge.  It was cloudy and windy and not very warm for a beach day but we enjoyed it anyway.  It was low tide so no wave action and the sand was very rocky.  I can't say it was my favorite beach but it was fun to watch the kids bury each other in the sand, play in the water, and jump from the high bridge :)  Cristian thought it was SOOO funny that the boys gave Charbel "boobs" out of sand when they buried him.  LOL...We heard about Charbel's "boobies" ALL day..







After leaving the beach we headed into town for lunch.  Lara caught some pretty shots on the walk.  We ended up eating at this little Thai Food Cafe.  The food was pretty good but no Edamame and boy was I craving some Edamame! 











We stopped for some Homemade Ice Cream and at a gift shop where we got the COOLEST shirt and Pirate sign for Cristian.  He also decided he had to have a Pirate Flag on a stick that said "Surrender Yer Booty" which he carried all over the place and even had it in his hand when he fell asleep on the way back on the ferry.  He is too cute.  He had so much fun with his cousins.  That was only his 2nd time at a beach!




See that shot of the Seagull I captured?  That little culprit flew overhead and POOPED on this little kid's face while he was hanging over the side of the rail of the ferry looking at the water.  Poor kid...it was funny but only because it didn't poop on my face.  I felt bad for him but man...what are the odds?

We had a fun vacation day... :) 

Cristian is loving having his older cousins to romp around with all day.  I am dreading August 12th when we have to go back to Texas. He is going to be so sad to leave them.  :(  I wish he had cousins and family around where we live.  It is a whole different childhood experience to grow up with cousins and all kinds of family around than to grow up without them and I hate that he won't get to have that.  They are so great with him too.  Such an awesome group of kids. :)

Cheers,