At the family reunion in Virginia Beach, we went to the beach almost every day, and Cecilia, of course, had the time of her life. She liked running in and out of the water, building sand castles, digging big holes, burying Daddy in the sand... and she liked jumping over the waves, especially with Grandma's help.
One day, Sparky and Andy also invited the whole clan over for the day, and they have an awesome house, which includes a pool. Theresa took a few pictures of Cecilia, who of course had to go in the pool, and particularly liked a big floating tube that she could sit in:
One more pic from Theresa, not in the water, but just because it is so cute. Cecilia had just gorged herself on Joanne Wagman's pasta:
The last full day we were there, we decided to go to a water park with Rachel and Isabel. There was a large little kiddie section with water not more than a foot high, little water slides, a boat to climb in, and bouncing swings in the water. Needless, to say, we all had a good time!
That day ended with ice cream.
Double ice cream if your name is Cecilia and you're a cute little girl:
About one month ago, we went to Virginia Beach for Pete's family reunion, and we had a ton of fun. For Cecilia, the fun started as early as the airport, where there was a little plane playground for her to climb around:
At the reunion, Cecilia got to reacquaint (or acquaint) herself with a lot of her cousins, including Aaron, Jacob, Isabel, Rachel, and Mattie!
Although I didn't take pictures that consistently, some of the memorable times I did record included playing golf with Aaron:
and playing the piano with Isabel (she still remembers that Isabel "got the chair all dirty!"):
I have a few funny videos of Cecilia playing after the pizza party with Aaron and Isabel:
In the morning, was we were deciding whether or not to go to a water park, Cecilia was trying to read a book about Spiderman with Isabel:
Water activities, as might be expected, were a huge hit, and were pretty extensive, so that will be the next post.
Although some people had to leave beforehand, we actually managed to get a family photo on the 3rd night, with the help of some random hotel guest that Ben dragged into the room:
And then on the last night we were there, we had one final dinner with the remaining family that were still around: Thanks to Isabel, I have this cute video of Cecilia eating her "noodles," courtesy of Joanne Wagman:
Sadly, we eventually did have to leave. We got to the airport early, and then found out our plane was delayed almost two hours! Thankfully, we brought a bazillion toys and books for Cecilia to keep her occupied. We must have read/sang "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly" about 1000 times.
Thank you to Arlene (and Jerry) for organizing the whole thing!! Here's to 2014. :)
Until this morning I have never been able to even picture what Cecilia will look like when she is a grown woman. I had just put her hair in a ponytail, and turned her around to see what it looked like from the front, and noticed this one long strand that was not tied back. It was a small thing, but it struck a chord with me in how her mom’s hair so often does something similar, and it made me look at her in a new way.
I realized that I could imagine what she will look like when she is a grown woman, and took this picture when we went downstairs to remember the moment.
