WEARING: on the beach

WEARING: Coco&Wolf linen romper // M&S babygrow

So in love with this beautiful romper from Coco & Wolf. Perfect for holidays and summer time, and especially the beach; perfect for jumping and running and splashing, and having the best time in.

OUR HOLIDAY: and finally...

Our last morning on the beach. We watched a seagull catch a crab from the sea and when it landed on the beach the girls chased the bird in the hope of saving the crab! Unfortunately, the seagull was not giving up it's breakfast that easy and kept flying away with it. It's all about the little moments; us chasing a seagull all over the beach to try and rescue a crab :)

I made a little film from iPhone videos I captured while we were away too...you can find it here.

OUR HOLIDAY: coralie

It's crazy to think how much Coralie has grown since our holiday in St Ives last year, how much she's changed.

This year, Coralie was in her element - running around the beach and getting in to all sorts of mischief! She sat on and squished as many sandcastles as she could, and happily sat in the tent eating the whole picnic by 10.30am. While the sea worried her a little to begin with, she took it on and soon enough was happily splashing with Phiney. She loved wearing her little pink jelly shoes everywhere she went, and she chased all the seagulls away. She loved her first try of chocolate fudge (and ate all my stash!) and thankfully she didn't eat any sand (unlike last year!) Her happy place was exploring the warm little pools around the boats that were left as the tide went out, and she excitedly told Phiney about every shell she found. She desperately wanted a horse of her own (like Daddy and Josephine) and so we chose one for her in the fields of the stables, and she fell asleep within minutes of being on our boat trip, despite the choppy and splashy waters.

Coralie's spent the last few weeks asking if we're going "holiday?" today (aka the beach). I think she had a pretty awesome time...

OUR HOLIDAY: josephine

Josephine in the sea; how I'll remember her this holiday. No matter how cold it was, she was straight in there, barely a shudder! Collecting seaweed, jumping the waves, laying in the shallows and splashing as much as she could.

She was so awesome this holiday; barely a cross word and so much smiling and laughter. She ate pizza and ice cream like it was going out of fashion. She collected shells and dead crabs that she found along the shore, and she caught little fish with her new pink net. She climbed rocks and drove a boat; she rode a horse, jumped and jumped on my grandparent's trampoline and spent way too much money in the arcade. She was such a brilliant big sister too, and took that role very seriously; showing Coralie how to do things, encouraging her to take one more step into the sea, holding her hand and building sandcastles especially for Coralie to squish.

Our beautiful Josephine - born to live by the sea, with her mermaid hair blowing in the wind.

OUR HOLIDAY: more beach times...

Even when jumpers and cuddles, and finding refuge in the tent were a must; even when we were the only ones on the beach...there was no place we'd all rather be.