Vacation pictures!!!

So we made it back home safely from our vacation. We had a really great time at the Baltic! The weather was awesome and Finn and Lily loved going to the beach. It helped so much that Oma and Opa came with us - that way we could take turns taking care of our fearless little water rats. As we were pulling off the highway on the way home after many hours in the car I said that we were going to be home soon. Lily was very insistent that we were NOT going home. When we asked her where we were going she said, "To the beach!" :)

We took lots of pictures so I'll have to do several posts. Here are the beach pictures for a start:

Crab I

Crab II

Crab II knocked over by a wave, rescued by Oma.

Ready to hit the waves with Finn's "whale boat", who needs the Baywatch babes? :)


Nap time under the sand blankie:



Finn insists on eating the most artificial ice cream flavor there is, Angel Blue. When you ask him what it tastes like the answer is, "Well, blue of course!"

Little sister the copy cat

Tickled pink:

Not hard to keep them busy for hours at the beach, is it.

Lily "shoveled" in:

And - a rare family pic! Never mind we are all looking some place different, we're all in it, yay!

Lily came, saw and conquered. She gracefully let us sit at the foot of that thing, but heaven forbid you tried to sit in her "bed".

Only when we distracted her with food could Oma and Opa sit down. Neil made the sand turtle by the way.

Boating on the open seas, what fun! The water was awesome. Reasonably warm (around 20C) and crystal clear. The salt content in the Baltic is very low and there are no tides - it's perfect.

Catching jelly fish with the nets Oma bought them:

On the way home from the beach: