annual beach trip

We spent most of last week down in Ponte Vedra, FL with Will's folks. Maggie enjoyed the beach much more than last year, but she still didn't like it during high tide. So we spent the mornings (when the tide was high) either in the kiddie pool or in the house, and then we'd head down to the beach during low tide in the afternoons. Both Lilly and Maggie really enjoyed playing in the tide pools during low tide, and Maggie would make up all kinds of games to play with the shells and sand. One morning we saw 5 or 6 dolphins playing in the surf, but unfortunately I wasn't fast enough getting my camera so I didn't get any pictures. (And as usual, I obsessively hunted for shark's teeth every moment I could...my final tooth count for this trip = 305!)







Will and I also took the girls to the Jacksonville Zoo one morning. Both girls really enjoyed it, but it seemed as if Lilly actually had more fun. She kept pointing and smiling at everything we saw, and she and Maggie especially liked the aviaries and birds. Maggie's favorite animals were the pink flamingos and the giraffes.








Maggie thought these were guinea pigs!



one of my favorites...roseate spoonbills!



sleepy kangaroos

Maggie and Daddy in the lorikeet exhibit