Friday Favorites: Beach Edition

Today, I'm linking up to talk about our favorite things to do at the beach! 

It seems more doable than recapping the entire week, and considering we've already been home for almost a week and I haven't recapped yet, I'm realizing it's now or never.

1. Wearing matching dresses, of course! What more perfect place to match than at the beach!

2. Going to Seaside. This was our third annual beach trip, and one of the main criteria is being close to this quaint beach town. It's impossible to be in a bad mood when you're there, and the snow cones are pretty good too!

3. Plenty of beach time, duh!

4. Donuts! This was our first year of this tradition, but considering Z ate all but one of those donut holes, then the both of them ran around the super fun splash pad, I know it's not our last trip to the Alys Beach Donut truck and splash pad!

5. Trip to Destin: Outlets, Fudpucker's, and the arcade. So, I think it's pretty obvious how the outlet tradition started, but Fudpucker's was a total fluke involving searching for a Target that carries Star Wars toys, not finding it, being starving, and ending up at Fudpucker's. Now, it's not a beach trip without a visit to the (delightfully tacky) restaurant, and the arcade is just icing on the cake!

6. Flying our frog kite! Nana got us the frog kite before our very first trip, and it's a hit every year! We love flying it!

7. Evening beach time! It's the best time to make a sand snowman and of course, take dressed up pictures. 

We look forward to beach week all year. We love the uninterrupted family time and treasure the memories year round and for years to come. We were all sad to leave the beach this year, and we're already contemplating our next trip. 

So long, beach, see ya next year!