The Beach Trip Part 2

The first 2 days of our time at the beach house were spent inside the house because it was overcast and rainy. Madeline was surprisingly patient and understanding about not being able to go outside for so long. Perhaps this was aided by the crazy amount of toys that she had to play with - some were brought from her house and the others were brought by Nana. I think the idea was to space out the introduction of these new items over the course of the week, but since the weather was less than pleasant, this timeline was moved up. Apparently Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Pony are back!! Although now Strawberry and her friends (or should I say peeps) have highlights in their hair and wear mini-skirts and leggings. I seem to remember my dolls having tight curly hair, bonnets and aprons. Oh well!

When we were able to venture outside we figured we'd give Charlotte a try in her bathing suit. If you remember a previous post, I mentioned that she has a Janie and Jack halter top suit and matching cover-up, sunglasses and hat. The bathing suit is 3-6 months size. Please see the video for further information on how this went...



So it was a very good thing that the day before we left for the beach I went to Target. I wanted to see if I could find another bathing suit for Charlotte because you know every 3 month old needs multiple bathing suits, especially at the end of the summer! The smallest size I could find was 12 months, but they looked pretty small, so I picked up a one-piece and a two-piece suit. I think they were on sale for $6 each. After the struggle with the designer suit, we tried the 12 month size one-piece - perfect fit! Maybe a tiny bit loose, but certainly not falling off. We ended up not getting in the water with her this time around because it was still a bit cold. Fast forward to the next day, or maybe 2 days later, it is all a blur at this point. We put her in her two-piece bathing suit - again 12 month size and again, not loose! We finally made it into the pool...

I think we were outside for a total of 20 minutes. Charlotte wasn't too keen on the pool experience so we decided to head inside. I wanted to give her a bath to get the sunscreen off, so Charlotte screamed (and I mean screamed) her way through said bath then fell asleep on Steve. Phew...what an experience!