Beach Trip

Our trip this last weekend actually began by visiting some friends in Belgium near Brussels.  I have known my friend Michelle for about 11 years but hadn't seen her in about that long either...I met her shortly before I moved away from Germany.  We have kept in touch through email and now FB.  She has a daughter about 5 and twin boys who are almost 2.  She is married to Mattias who is German and a Pastor.   It was so much fun to catch up with them and see what their life is like with 3 little ones.  It was fun to share twin stories. :)

Since we were already out and halfway to the beach.....and since this is summer after all...isn't it?  Although these clouds that we keep having everyday make me wonder! We decided to head to a beach town that we had actually been to before...like 12 years ago.  We went to Domburg in the Netherlands. We stayed at Hotel Restaurant de Boekanier in Vrouwenpolder (say that 3 times fast).  I am going to try to start listing where we stayed if we liked it so we can remember it!

Our first stop when we got into town was to eat!  For some unknown reason every time Marc sees a Mexican restaurant he wants to eat at it.  While I like Mexican food the Dutch version is not quite the same.  Marc is always hopeful that it may turn out OK but since we are NO WHERE close to Mexico  I am much less hopeful! :)  Anyway, the food was a little bit of a bust but the kid-friendliness of the restaurant was amazing!  They even had a playground in the restaurant for the kids...FUN!  They had great high chairs for the girls and Isaac played most of the meal.

The next morning we went out to the beach.  The weather forecast said 100% rain so we actually didn't think we would be on the beach that long...see those dark clouds back there!?

Isabella was very happy in the backpack.

Ava thought the beach was the BEST and loved playing in and EATING the sand.

 Isabella on the other hand was NOT a fan!  She didn't want to be on the sand at all and barely left the place we set her.

The weather ended up getting much nicer so Marc ran back to the car and got the swimsuits and towels.

Isabella was so happy to have a blanket to sit on because then she really didn't have to get close to the sand at all.  She loves these applesauce packets and she can suck it all out.  

The sun even came out...can I get a hallalulah?!

Isaac was loving the water.  Is that a shadow on the sand!?

We ended the day driving around the area so the girls could nap and then we stopped at the cute town and had ice cream...yummy!  We hope to go back and spend more time at the beach.