Beach

This was our first year exploring some of the resident-only beaches, which are not really resident-only, but more resident-only parking. Since we only had one parking pass, Jeff-Theo-Bryn-Beckett rode trail-a-bikes to the beach (about five miles each way) and Joan and Stu trailed with all the chairs, cooler, sand toys, towels, swimsuits, and Reed. We didn't actually spend much time in the water, though it was the most beautiful and uninhabited beach I've ever seen on Sanibel, but the boys had a great time building sand castles and digging.

In the pool

The day we got to Sanibel there were two other families there, each with two kids, but then they left the next day and we mostly had the pool to ourselves the rest of our trip. The big boys continued to amaze us with their jumping, diving, and cannonballs as well as diving for diving sticks and rings and rockets. Reed got more and more comfortable with his swimmies and by halfway into the trip he was bobbing around by himself, propelling himself around by kicking and pulling, and jumped in by himself and even swam back and got back out by himself.

Reed swinging

Sanibel

We returned last night from a week in Sanibel with Grandma Joanie and Grandpa Stu. More videos and stories to come as we upload videos and pictures but this is a glimpse of Reed on the beach.