I thought I would have to teach my daughter about the world; turns out I have to teach the world about her. They see a girl who doesn't speak,
I see a miracle who doesn't need words.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Long Weekend at the Beach!

We started Spring Break with a long weekend trip to the beach with our friends Scott and Leslie.  Sometimes just getting out of your normal surroundings can be enough to recharge your batteries some!
 
Alex was SO good while we were gone.  And thank God - NO SEIZURES!!!! :)
 
Saturday night we got the kids together to color Easter Eggs.
 
I love these 2 pictures of all of them.
 
 
Alex really does enjoy this every year.
 
 
 
 
 
Two goofy kids and their eggs! 
 
Alex was kind enough to wait until the last egg was in before she grabbed the purple dye and dumped it in her lap :)
 
 
She was pretty pleased with herself!
 
The kids went to bed and the Easter Bunny came and hid eggs and left Easter baskets.  It was raining outside so the egg hunt had to stay in doors.
 
 
 The boys got up pretty early to inspect their goodies.
 
Alex was pleased with her basket.
 
 
 
Let the hunt begin!
 
 
 
(Those bent knees are just killing me!  I hope she starts feeling more confident about her standing soon!)
 
It stopped raining by the afternoon so we were able to take a walk down to the beach.  The boys and the dogs got to go down to the ocean, but because the sand was so wet we couldn't take Alex's wheelchair.
 
We stayed up top on the ramp down to the beach and Alex was NOT happy!  She saw the ocean and she wanted to get as close to it as possible!
 
We moved her to the end of the ramp and that made her much happier.
 
 
This was Rudy's first experience at the beach and in the sand....he loved it!!
 

 
Before dinner we  had fun playing our favorite past time game...corn hole :)
 
 Rudy and Fred got along the best they have so far.  Rudy is just a little too much of a wild man for Fred!! 
 
 
After the trip to the beach that day they were exhausted!

 
 How cute are they?!? 

It was a fun few days.  Now we just have to wait till August for our beach trip :)

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