A Visit From Ioi and the Kids!

Several weeks ago, Ioi came for a visit and she brought her five fun kiddos with her too!  She gave Little Mr. a birthday gift which was great fun, and full of all sorts of things that he loves.  Little Mr. was also very happy to have so many kids to play with.  After a lunch of cheese quesadillas with veggies and dip here at the house, we headed down to the beach for some fun.

PC and Emma

Dolly and Ricka

Ricka, Little Mr. and Emma

The kids were mostly staying dry.

PC and Dolly checking things out.  You can see that at this point they were getting a little wetter!

I think Ricka was working on her salt intake, Little Mr. hadn't moved an inch because he doesn't like his hands dirty, and Emma was doing a wonderful job of watching over both of the babies.

Butler finally makes an appearance! I don't know why I don't have more photos of him to share.  It was so cute watching him throw rocks into the water.

Dolly found a prize, and yes, she took this thing home.... is it still stinky Ioi? :)

Emma finally handed over the baby care to the moms and decided to do a little beach exploring herself, this was the result!

This one cracks me up.

As you can see, the idea of staying dry went completely out the window.

Especially for Butler, who didn't enjoy this mishap!

We spent several minutes catching these little guys.

Some kind beach-visiting strangers lent us the use of one of their sand buckets, which was really nice!

Little Mr. eventually did move around a bit on the rocks, but he has yet to get used to his hands being full of sand. He tries to shake it off, but it just sticks. :)

Thanks for such a fun day Ioi, Dolly, PC, Emma, Butler and Ricka!!!!!