Each year we vacation with my family for a week on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. We've been coming here since I was a little girl, and now it's so fun to share those same experiences with my children.
Here are some of our past trips we've taken...
This year we approached this trip much differently. We stayed in the same house. We frequented most of the same places. But, overall we were lazy.
And I mean L.A.Z.Y.
Like we crossed the threshold of our favorite rental home, threw on our swimsuits, hopped in the pool and didn't emerge for three days unless it was in search of food. Typically we try to pack as much in as possible, but when we don't even step foot on some of that low country sand until three whole days have passed you know we've all hit ultimate vacation laziness.
So this time around we took it waaaaay easy, and our biggest adventure was finding a free spot on the beach where high tide wouldn't reach us. And in actuality that did happen one day, and even though everyone's chairs were in a eight inches of water, not one of them moved.
Lazy.
And I only say "them" because I am the mom on this trip. So until the toddler set decides they don't need supervised help in all things related to sand, and decide almost drowning isn't really a fun time, a beach chair is just a dream. Carrie Beth sent this saying to me a few weeks ago and I died laughing because it's true!
"No one is full of more false hope than a parent bringing a chair to the beach."
Honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I am a beach girl and love playing in the sand, boogie boarding in the waves, and searching for seashells right along with the kids.
Otherwise, I was right there enjoying in my laziness with the rest of our crew.
We did venture and try one or two new (to us) spots, but otherwise we kept this trip pretty low key. I feel like we blinked and then the week was over. We all needed the recharge and it's always fun to catch up with family and make new memories.
I'll give a quick little recap of each of our days - so be prepared for the pic overload! I've linked up what I thought would be helpful and what we wore, but feel free to comment or email like always with any questions!
DAY 1
Road trip!
We arrived into Sea Pines before our rental was ready so we headed straight to the Salty Dog for a little pre-happy hour happy hour.
Once we were finally able to check in, we ordered a pizza dinner and settled ourselves poolside for the rest of the day.
We ended the day with our favorite view and slipped right into full vacay mode.
DAY 2
Father's Day was a repeat of the day before. The dads woke up and Mr. Cute spent the day doing this...
and this...
At some point in the late afternoon someone mentioned we should at least put some clothes on make an effort for dinner. We are within walking distance from Harbour Town so we made our way to the Crazy Crab.
I dined on my favorite meal of all time - Riesling and hush puppies.
Don't judge. It's excellent.
I think we threw the dads some ice cream, watched the sunset, and called it a night.
DAY 3
The boys left bright and early for an offshore fishing trip for the day so that just left the girls. And you guessed it...
We went out back to the pool.
The boys had a great time though. They caught a ton of fish and Cute couldn't stop talking about how awesome it was.
Even though it was late in the day when they got back, I put my foot down and declared we had to go to the beach already. So we drove to the Beach Club and enjoyed the beach at what I think is the best part of the day.
We made it home just in time to catch this view...
I contemplated not ever going home.
DAY 4
Now that we've fully settled into our pool routine, the boys decided it needed a little upgrade in entertainment.
Otherwise, I was right there enjoying in my laziness with the rest of our crew.
We did venture and try one or two new (to us) spots, but otherwise we kept this trip pretty low key. I feel like we blinked and then the week was over. We all needed the recharge and it's always fun to catch up with family and make new memories.
I'll give a quick little recap of each of our days - so be prepared for the pic overload! I've linked up what I thought would be helpful and what we wore, but feel free to comment or email like always with any questions!
HILTON HEAD ISLAND 2018
DAY 1
Road trip!
We arrived into Sea Pines before our rental was ready so we headed straight to the Salty Dog for a little pre-happy hour happy hour.
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| | Girls Striped Jumpsuit | |
Once we were finally able to check in, we ordered a pizza dinner and settled ourselves poolside for the rest of the day.
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| | Papasan Floats | |
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| | Flamingo Float | |
We ended the day with our favorite view and slipped right into full vacay mode.
DAY 2
Father's Day was a repeat of the day before. The dads woke up and Mr. Cute spent the day doing this...
and this...
At some point in the late afternoon someone mentioned we should at least put some clothes on make an effort for dinner. We are within walking distance from Harbour Town so we made our way to the Crazy Crab.
Don't judge. It's excellent.
I think we threw the dads some ice cream, watched the sunset, and called it a night.
DAY 3
The boys left bright and early for an offshore fishing trip for the day so that just left the girls. And you guessed it...
We went out back to the pool.
The boys had a great time though. They caught a ton of fish and Cute couldn't stop talking about how awesome it was.
Even though it was late in the day when they got back, I put my foot down and declared we had to go to the beach already. So we drove to the Beach Club and enjoyed the beach at what I think is the best part of the day.
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| | Ruffled One Shouldered Swimsuit | |
We made it home just in time to catch this view...
I contemplated not ever going home.
DAY 4
Now that we've fully settled into our pool routine, the boys decided it needed a little upgrade in entertainment.
This occurred approximately 9,872 times before we left the pool and they didn't tire of it once. Cute thought it was hilarious to be "caught" in the raft.
We headed to Harbour Town for a burger lunch at Harbourside. We let the kids have a Shirley Temple for the first time and they didn't know what to think. I remember loving those growing up!
The kids spent the entire time trying to catch a fish in their nets. Their technique might have been a little off, but at least they had a blast.
We headed to Harbour Town for a burger lunch at Harbourside. We let the kids have a Shirley Temple for the first time and they didn't know what to think. I remember loving those growing up!
After we had refueled, we made our way to the Beach Club for the afternoon. Mr. Cute was a good sport at carrying everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) in the beach cart. After St. Augustine I have nothing but love for beach cart warriors everywhere.
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| | Swimsuits | Fishing Nets | |
The highlight of the afternoon for the kids was when we let them take the trolley back to the rental house. The driver let them sit up front with him, and they thought this was hilarious.
And this scene never gets old...
DAY 5
I decided to change things up a bit and took the kids to the Harbour Town playground first thing in the morning. Oh my, was it HOT.
The kids had a blast, but we were all melting before long so we made our way back to the house to splash in our favorite spot.
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| | Girls Swimsuit | |
After cooling off in the pool the rest of the day, we headed to South Beach for dinner. We thought got there early enough to eat at the Salty Dog Cafe, but it was already packed so we ate at the top of the Wreck of the Salty Dog. To be honest it's such a great view, and atmosphere I actually prefer it. Same food. Different gorgeous view.
Afterwards we did our usual routine when in South Beach - grabbed some new tees from the shop, let the kids get their face painted and checked out some of our favorite stores.
Once we made our way back home we realized we had a new guest enjoying our view...
To give you a size reference - this yacht was the size of a small cruise ship. The building in the background is a large hotel. Ahh...to dream in color.
DAY 6
Mr. Cute woke up bright and early to play golf. The temps were super hot, but I took advantage of the kids being entertained in the pool with my parents and went shopping with my sisters.
The rental we stay in has a view of the infamous Habour Town Golf Links 18th hole. So when Mr. Cute approached he had a cheering audience.
The kids made a great attempt to build a wall to save the tent.
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| | Orange Ruffle One Piece - Seriously cutest suit on! | |
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| | One Shoulder Dress - Here or Here | |
While we were eating Cute lost at tooth! He was so excited the tooth fairy was going to visit him at the beach!
We made the most of our last full day and headed straight for the beach after breakfast. It was a gorgeously hot day.
For dinner we tried a new restaurant at Fraser's Tavern in the Plantation Golf Club. It was a "cooler" evening so when they sat us outside on the deck we thought that would be excellent.
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| | Blue Halter Top | Pink Tassel Earrings | Pink Sandals | Shark Shirt | Watermelon Pom Pom Dress | |
The food was yummy, but holy cow it was hot and humid out there. Great view, but oh so not worth melting for. Fast forward to September and October and I'm totally in!
The kids love the alligator fountain in the front. I was taking bets on who would jump in first.
We burned off the last of our energy doing cartwheels and playing tag on the golf course in front of our rental with an epic sunset in the background. Such a great last night!
DAY 8
We left around mid-day towards home, but made a stop first at Skull Creek for some lunch. My family has eaten here a ton, but I've never been. It was so good and I loved the atmosphere!
We had a blast eating and watching the World Cup everyone. We will definitely be back on our next visit!
Cute is all of us when vacation is over. He pouted for a good thirty minutes and begged to get back to the beach. He is totally my child.
We had such a blast on Hilton Head as always and am already looking forward to what next summer holds!
Have you stayed on Hilton Head Island? What are some of your favorite spots? I've been going for a lot of years, but love discovering new things to see or do. Share with me!
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