summer vacation... day 4

well, we made it to ft. walton beach on saturday evening. the circus officially LOVES it!!! gracie wants to be on the beach every waking minute looking for shells... cale wants to play in the sand... and bug loves the water. we spent the entire day on the beach yesterday. well, all of it except for the time we came in for naps. i'd be a little jealous too, cause it's awesome here! the waves, the sand, the breeze... i could sit out here all night. earlier this evening (after very possibly the best steak i've ever had!) headed out for the much anticipated crab hunting. we had our flashlights (some fancier than others) and crab boxes. i think the "big kids" were more excited and had more fun than gracie and cale. you should have seen us scurrying around the beach with our flashlights, squealing when we found one. the official count was 12... gracie had 8 & cale had 4. poor little bug and daddy stayed upstairs and had a bottle... let me clarify... bug had a bottle. I think it was a good excuse for him to have some quiet time. but, it didn't last long... our crab hunting was interrupted by rain... which we've had a lot of today. it sucks (yes mother, i said sucks) to be at the beach and have to be inside for anything but naptime! gracie declared it the "worst day she's ever had!" oh how i wish i had the concerns of a 5 year old! hopefully tomorrow will be better! for now, i'm gonna call it a night. the waves are making me sleepy... nite!