another fun day at the beach

It's January so how could we not take advantage of another beautiful day at the beach?  Olivia really loves the sand and teasing the waves.  She runs right up to the edge, screams "NnnnnnnnO!" to the ocean and then runs like heck so her feet don't get wet ... all the while laughing.

It's a  good thing she's pretty quick!

When people see her having such a good time they can't help but smile or stop to say hello and ask her lots of questions.  She even made a friend.

On two different days this little boy found his way to her.  He is visiting from Germany and apparently shares Olivia's love of the water....that was in that bucket....hee hee.

Here they are when they first met a few days before...over the same bucket.


I think the Florida sun has really "grown" both Olivia and her cousin Luca on this visit.  They both seem to be growing up right before our eyes.  Great memories have been made this past week.