Family Weekend in Corpus Christi

Last weekend we went to Corpus Christi for some beach time. We went with some of our very best friends here in San Antonio, which was extra fun for Will because it meant he had buddies to play with at the hotel and beach!

It was a short trip; we drove down on Friday afternoon and stayed till Saturday afternoon, but we made sure to pack in the fun! We ate dinner in downtown Corpus at Executive Surf Club (I recommend the fish 'n chips!!!) and then we went back to our hotel where Will got to stay up late swimming in their pool. 

Saturday morning we packed up and headed over to South Padre Island to spend the day at the beach! These beaches are so unique--you can drive your car right onto the sand! (You can pick up a permit to do so at any local gas station.) Although it looked pretty ghetto, it sure beat lugging all our stuff from the car to beach! We also rented a tent/cabana thing for some shade for the day and we were set!

I love this picture of Will and Clara; it depicts our day of splashing around perfectly!

Will went boogie boarding for the first time! Here's his epic ride:

By the end of the day, we were all pretty tuckered out!

The ABC's of Summer

I am definitely not taking credit for this one, but it's such a fun activity that I thought I definitely need to share! I actually heard of this idea from my sister, Whitney. She and her three kids starting doing this at the beginning of the summer and it was going so well, that I thought we really needed to incorporate the ABC's of Summer into our routine as well!

It's pretty simple. Get 26 craft sticks and label them each with a letter A-Z. Then, on each stick write an activity that corresponds to the letter. Go in order throughout the summer, or as we are doing it, let your children draw out a random one each day and go for it! (Some of our activities need to be planned, so those ones are chosen on certain days, but a lot of them are simple and can be done spontaneously.) It was really fun to have William help me decide on the activities while working on spelling at the same time. And because he helped in the process, there are several activities in the jar that he can hardly wait to do!

We tried to get a good mix of activities that we can do at home as well as fun outings. (And most of our outings include going to places where we already have passes :)) Some of our other activities include: Bug hunt, Donuts and a Dance party, Exercising in the park, Heart attack a friend's house, Visiting a children's museum, Water fight, and Zoo.