MommyVille: Vacation With Alex

Well, this year Alex had her very first family vacation. She's taken trips to Grandma's in the past, but I always had to stay home due to work. Well, this summer, we decided to take a wonderful vacation, Alex, myself, and Grandma, to the beach. It was Alex's very first time at the beach, but that wasn't all! We didn't go to just ANY beach, we went to Chincoteague Island. And, right over the bridge from Chincoteague is Assateague-home of the wild ponies!!
The trip was GREAT! After the long car ride(and several times of Alex getting restless) we made it to the hotel to unload all of our luggage. She couldn't wait to go to the beach, and we hadn't even told her about the ponies yet! So she was very surprised on the short trip to the beach when she saw a herd of wild ponies along side of the road.
And when we made it to the beach, she couldn't hold her excitement in! The sand was almost overwhelming to her, and the crashing waves and seagulls put her over the top!
On our vacation, Alex built sandcastles, hunted for seashells, learned to swim in the hotel's swimming pool(without floaties!) and how to boogie board. We fed seagulls, looked for crabs off the dock, dug for clams(but only the little ones that get uncovered with the waves), and went to the Pony Round-Up carnival. All in all, it was an amazing vacation. I hope you enjoy some of our vacation pictures!!