Destructorsaurus



My 19 month old just walks right into the ocean. My 3 year old on the other hand is not a water loving creature and just like me avoids water like the plague. It's amazing to watch them develop into their own personalities and it makes me a little teary eyed. They know what they want, they know what they like and they go after it. Although most of the time, I honestly wish they didn't have their own opinions...kinda makes life a little harder for me ;-)

 

 I think when Brandon came back from deployment the 2nd time, his dream of Benton being his diving/adventure buddy was shattered. He squeals and screams when you put him in the pool or wash his hair. It's ok though, Miss Mia will be his adventure buddy since she has no fear and I kinda think Brandon is smitten with this little girl.

 First things first of course. When we first got to Corpus, we stopped by the NEX and got them some beach toys. We sure have gotten our moneys worth out of these things. It's a toss up between the time spent at Lowes and the time spent at the beach. Repeat...LOWES. The Home Depot here kinda stinks as far as the things they have but their customer service as always beats Lowes big time.

 Miss Mia in her teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini courtesy of Great Grandpa Jack and Popo. She's going to be a heartbreaker this one. Dads got a lot of worrying to do.

 I have a lot more pictures of Mia cause she loves the camera....Benton not so much anymore. He doesn't stay still long enough for me to take a decent picture.

 Mia is a shovel-hog....oh and a destructorsaurus of anything made of sand. Every single sandcastle we made she aims at it like its her job, struts over there with purpose and tackles it like I would ice cream. It's a little scary how violent she is but then again she does have my temperament. ;-)

 

Oh Miss Mia

 

"A shell"

 

Nemo swim diapers...she loves them!

 

 The kids are also fascinated with sitting in a sand hole, especially Mia. She just giggles and laughs like its a million dollar toy! It's so funny and it makes me laugh every time.

Helping dad make a sandcastle....that she will destroy afterwards

 

Benton supervising the work going on

 

"A Star" aka starfish mold

 

Mia sitting in her unfinished sand hole

So far its been a blast having Brandon at home. He has till the 10th of June off which is really nice because this place is a mess and it's still not all done. It's all those silly little things that don't belong anywhere...oh and the things that the landlords left here and never took away like the 3 x 60lb cement mix in the garage, trash cans, all sorts of random things. Well the kids are napping so I better make use of this time to do things like laundry and cleaning...when I'd much rather be napping as well!  Love you all!