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Kenzie's First Beach Trip

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This weekend we took a trip to Treasure Island (on the West coast) for Kenzie's first ever beach trip. Julie and Eric were spending a couple of days out there and we thought it would be fun to go out and hang out with them on the beach. Having the use of a hotel room was also a plus. =)

To start, I just need to share that we don't exactly travel light when we go to the beach. We never have. Unfortunately (or fortunately because we are always 100% prepared) we are not the kind of people that just pick up our swimsuits, towels, and go. We always travel as if we are staying all day and do not want to hang out in swimsuits all day. So, adding another person (albeit one that is barely over two feet tall and weighs maybe 20 lbs soaking wet) added that much more stuff to our packing list. We were packed to the brim. We used almost everything we brought over there too.

Anyway, we left bright and early in the morning since it was a 2 hour trip to the beach. We got there around 9:30 and wasted little time getting down to the beach.


Kenzie wasn't 100% sure of the waves. Unfortunately it was still a bit rough after Tropical Storm Andrea made her way through so the waves were higher than we would have liked. I tried to sit her down in the water to play on her own, but it was also really cold since it is only June and she wasn't having any of that. I ended up sitting with her on my lap and letting the water hit us as the waves came in. That she seemed to be okay with. We then played with her beach toys on her blanket for a bit while we watched Daddy, Aunt Julie, and Uncle Eric swim. She also wasn't 100% sure of the sand at first. After a bit, it didn't seem to bother her but she mostly stayed on her blanket. She is still a bit young and more often than not, puts toys in her mouth and doesn't really "play" with them so she didn't really interact too much with the sand and water this time. I think within a few months she will be having a ball. Poor kid also has my skin so she was covered quite a bit. I am very proud to say though that she got absolutely no sun. Let's keep that crazy fair skin as unsunburned as possible.



After we played at the beach for a while we went back up to Julie and Eric's hotel room and got all cleaned up to go to lunch. Seriously, if we could afford it I would book a hotel room for every trip to the beach. That is just so convenient. We went to lunch in St. Pete Beach and had yummy shrimp. Kenzie had cantalope, pears, and cheerios. Not shrimp for her just yet unfortunately.






We went to the boardwalk after lunch and had some ice cream (again, none for Kenzie just yet). After that we decided it was time to head back to Apopka. The drive back was interesting as it poured on us the entire way home. Kenzie also slept the entire way home because she had missed her naps. She did really well all day for not napping more than 10 or so minutes. We were impressed. We think she had a good time. We are excited to go back. We will likely try the East coast next time (the plus to living in Florida... both coasts have beaches and they are so different). That means I will definitely have to sit with her in the water as our East coast is much rougher since it is the Atlantic. I'm sure it will be a blast as well though.

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