Beach Vacation

We recently got back from a trip to Daytona Beach with the girls and Eric's family.  We had such a great time!  As usual, Eric got stopped for speeding on the way down, but luckily we were able to sweet talk the officer into just giving us a warning.  I picked up the Molly's dance video the morning before we left, so it kept the girls entertained the entire trip.  Molly took her friend, Abigail, along for the trip so that she would have someone to slide down the tubeslide with at the hotel and splash in the waves with on the beach. It worked out great!

 Little Halli really enjoyed herself playing in the sand this year, too. She even met a new little friend that she played with almost everyday on the beach. Her name was Ava, but Halli insisted on calling her Abbi the entire week. Halli loved playing with her new friends beach toys but wasn't too happy when Ava would play with hers!

We enjoyed eating supper at Joe's Crab Shack, Bubba Gump's, RipTides and BoneFish. The girls enjoyed walking on the boardwalk, racing the go-carts, playing putt-putt and I even took them to the waterpark one day while Eric was gone fishing. It didn't turn out to be a "day at the park" though...Molly ended up having an "accident" in her bathing suit, she got stuck in a tube slide, almost drowned in the wave pool & flipped her dippin dots upside down as soon as she got them. She said it was "the worst day ever"! 

Last week, Molly had a full week of dance camp, intensives and team try-outs.  She said that she felt like try-outs went well and is hopeful to make competition team this year.  Halli is beyond-excited that she will get to start dance this year as well.  She begs to go everyday that Molly goes and has already told me that I need to get her a dance bag!

Speaking of Halli, I have to brag that she is finally taking to potty-training!  I started working with her last Sunday and we haven't had an accident since Monday...it's been an entire week!  I couldn't be more proud.  We are bribing her with candy each time she potty's, so she may have rotten teeth by the end of all this, but hey, at least she'll be potty-trained!

P.S.  Last night, she pooped in the potty and said, "Look Mommy, I made a mudpuddle!"  Oh, that girl!