Paradise

Paradise for me is a little place on the gulf coast called Madeira Beach.  It is where Kevin sent me for my 30th birthday.  My parents were going for their annual trip there this past week so I decided to take the kids and join them for part of the week.  Chase is in preschool three days a week so I decided to wait until he was out of school on Wednesday before we headed down.  The timing worked out really well, with the drive taking about 9 hours we were there just in time for bedtime so we would have two full days of beach time.

The kids were so excited to be at the beach and to make it more fun Grandma and Grandpa were there to add to the excitement.  Grandpa gave the kids lessons on bate catching and fishing….

My sweet little Leah was fearless of the little bate fish and she loved feeding them to the birds.

Grandpa helped Chase catch his first fish…

And then it was Leah’s turn…

Grandpa caught a fish that matched his shirt, at least I thought so…

We spent the mornings on the beach fishing, swimming, colleting shells, and playing in the sand.  After lunch we spent most of the afternoons in the pool.  After the first day in the pool Leah learned to put her head underwater to swim and each time she opened her eyes underwater.  She was so proud of herself but unfortunately the chlorine was so strong that her poor eyes were red and swollen. So the next day she wore her goggles…

Chase who is a pretty strong swimmer now had fun diving for rings in the pool. 

We had so much fun of course we didn’t want to leave when our two short days were up.  We can’t wait to get back to our paradise!