The Beach -recap part 2

So finally 2 weeks later here I am to recap the trip to the beach. Thought I better to it before I forgot to much. First off we rented a van so that the four of us and my mom could all go down in one vehicle. The beginning of June we called and visited places about renting. At enterprise we saw a mini van that was loaded! Two screens for DVDs and perks for the driver. We ended up renting from them and when I picked it up the Friday before we went I asked how the DVD player worked. Well the one we got didn't have the DVD player and the other one on the lot didn't have it either. I was bummed but knew we could just move the players we had in the truck and use them. Just one more thing to take. Well I came home with the van, put in the car seats and head back into town in the truck to pick up the girls from the babysitters. I was almost there when I got a call and it was Enterprise. The loaded van had been returned and I could come it if I wanted. I really didn't want to because I had already put the girls seats in the one I had and didn't want to mess with moving them, but Billy said that I should so I did. Boy am I glad that I did. The girls loved the drop down screens, I loved the push of a button to open doors, shut doors, start the van. It was sweet. It even had a back up camera. So much for the van stuff, on to the beach:

The girls did well on the trip down and back. The worst was after lunch when they should have been napping. The first day we went to the sound because we knew the waves would be less and the girls might do better. Well Emma was freaked out about the sand, and the water was dirty you didn't want to really be in it. But they enjoyed their morning and we had seafood for dinner. We did the sound again for several days and it got better. One day we also went to an aquarium. The girls seemed to enjoy that as well. One afternoon Billy and I drove up to Duck and Corolla, did some shopping and had dinner. (An afternoon/evening without kids) That was a nice evening. Some nights we went out and others we cooked. The girls had trouble sleeping and it seemed like at least one of them was in our bed every night and being in a queen bed it was hard. I guess looking back the trip went well, but it was hard. A lot of work for no longer than we could spend at the water. The girls had to be heading back around 11 so they could have lunch and their nap. There was no way we could skip that nap. Maybe in 2 years things would go a little smoother and we could spend more time at the water. Just for the record: we did go the beach 2 days, we didn't spend all our time soundside.