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We spent the 4th of July weekend with Eric’s family at the beach. Nan and I hit the Myrtle Beach outlets on Friday, hoping to score great deals on summer kids clothing for next year. We got a few good finds, but not quite the plethora of bargains we had hoped for. Eric and Shirl were kind enough to watch Cash and Claire while we had a mommy’s day out. When we returned (after being stuck in holiday beach traffic), we were greeted with big juicy steaks! I think I could get used to this…

After dinner, we loaded everyone up and drove down the island a bit to find a good spot to watch the city fireworks. Cash loved the show, but poor little Claire was SO tired. She didn’t seem to be scared of anything, just really wanted to go to sleep. After all, she had been chasing Cash all day!

We hit the beach on Saturday - the weather was perfect and the kiddos were ready to play! Claire looked super cute in her new tankini and hat from Aunt NaNa. Eric dug a huge hole in the sand, I guess in hopes that we could put Cash and Claire in there and they wouldn’t be able to get out! Didn’t really work out that way, but I love this pic of him and Claire (despite his boy band hair).

That evening, Nan and I made enchiladas with all the fixin’s and we enjoyed dinner out on the deck. The kiddos showed off their patriotic spirits with cute red, white and blue outfits. They had a blast just running around. Well, Cash ran….Claire followed behind, but was walking all over the place! Remember how I tried to get a good picture of the two of them in the kiddie pool on Claire’s birthday? Well, they apparently think it’s more fun to be in the pool when it’s empty and they are clothed. They kept climbing in and out of it all night long. 

We all had lunch at Max’s Pizza on Sunday before we headed back to Raleigh. I dressed Claire up in the super adorable skirt her Aunt NaNa bought her several months ago. We had finally found the matching tank top on Friday and I was eager to see how cute she looked! Also, I had tried to get all crafty and make a few hair clippies the day before. I glued my fingers together a few times, but managed to make a few little accessories for Miss Claire. Here’s one of my fave pics of her, sporting all her new duds!

I’ve got several videos coming in the next post….in the meantime, check out the new July 2009 photo gallery! BTW - we got our camera back from Cannon on Monday and it’s as good as new!