Apparently sand is very yummy to a 14 month old.
After being in the car for 3 1/2 hours we went straight to the beach and the babies were amazed at the huge sand box!
Aaron and Daddy having a blast in the waves.
This sand castle lasted for a about 3.2 seconds
Greg dug a hole in the sand and Grant though it was a great place to play!
Freedom!
Eric’s new pose lately. I think he likes the different view.
A couple of lessons learned taking three little boys to the beach…
1. Don’t take three little boys to the beach until all the little boys are a little bigger. Although over all we did have a great time and we will definitely take another beach vacation, the babies didn’t last long before they needed a nap and I ended up driving them up and down the beach until they fell asleep. I guess I’ll have to wait a few more years on any relaxing vacation!
2. Sand will get everywhere! Everywhere!!! On Saturday after our beach fun Greg and I had a assembly line going with the little beach showers. We stripped a baby, ran the baby under cold water, dried the baby and dressed the baby. While I was dressing them, Greg took out the car seats and beat them as free of cracker bits I kept feeding them to keep them from screaming and, of course, sand. Now, how do you wash off your feet and get yourself back into the van without again getting sand back on your feet? Greg chose to wash his feet, dry them and put on socks and shoes. I chose to fill up the sand bucket with water and have Greg wash my feet while I was sitting in the van with my feet hanging out.
3. Block off at least 3 hours to clean the van the next day of sand, dirt, cracker bits and crayon marked on the inside of the van by your 4 year old who dropped his coloring book and just had to color on something. Thank you to Greg for taking on this task!
We did have a nice little get away and enjoyed seeing our boys laugh and play and look forward to watching our family grow, just maybe not at the beach again any time soon.
