When Daddy's Away...

...we go to the beach!  Mike had to go to NYC for a few days for work, so we packed up the minivan, picked up Grandma, and headed for Ocean City!  The kids had a blast playing in the sand eventhough it was a bit cool.  There weren't many people around, so we practically had the town to ourselves!

Gracie was a little baby the last time she was in the sand, so this was all new to her.  She loved it!

Matty was very serious the whole time.  He was a working man on a mission!

Gracie loved the sand, but she loves her Grandma more!

Matty played his first Skee-Ball game of the season

And Gracie took some phone calls.  Gracie's favorite toys are definitely phones right now.  She holds them to her ears, says, "Hi," and then babbles on and on!

Nanny and Pa left new toys at the "beach home" (as Matty calls it).  Lucky kids!

Matty is such a sand snob.  He got all mad that there were rocks in this sand..haha!

Gracie is rocking the Justin Bieber hairstyle right now.  The girl's hair grows like a weed...time for another trip to the salon soon!

Of course we had 3 buckets and they fight over this one...

Cute tiny feet covered in sand!

Gracie was such a good sport and let us put her in the hole we dug.

Matty is so serious about his work in the sand!

Matty also got to play his first round of mini golf during our trip.  He started out good...

Then it turned into a game of soccer...

A blurry, but cute, picture of Gracie loving on her baby that Nanny and Pa left for her.

So we survived our first "Grandma/Mommy" trip with two kids and had a lot of fun!  There is no place like home though... and we were so happy to have Daddy back!