the beach in march

We had a beautiful 85 degree day last week when my parents were visiting and we decided to spontaneously head to the beach for the afternoon. Snacks, toys, and towels packed we headed off.  We decided to try a local beach that's on the bay this time.  I had heard that it's a great place for families - lots smaller waves.  And it was - it was PERFECT.  The kids were able to splash around and play (although we thought the water was freezing, they didn't mind at all!)  and it wasn't so scary since the waves are much smaller and don't knock them over.  I think this will be a regular thing for our family...if I can convince Titus that sand is not a food group.  Here's our day at the beach in photos:

the beach

I mentioned before that while Nana and Poppa were visiting we took Titus to the beach for the first time.  I thought he would really enjoy the nice day, being outside, change of scenery, etc.  

But, as you can see, he was not a fan...

Bo and Claire, however, LOVE the beach! Its so much fun to watch them play and explore.

Michael spends  a lot of time "playing defense" when we go to the beach.  Boden and Claire have no fear of the water at all.  They will run right out into the crashing waves, get knocked down, sand in their face and get back up and do it all over again.

Tactic #2 to keep Claire out of the waves for a few minutes...snacks!

Pretty much the only thing that kept Titus from screaming was nursing.  So, while I didn't get to do much playing in the sun, I did get to enjoy the view and the breeze and just relax.  I'm sure it won't be long and Titus will be charging out into the waves with his sister and brother and there won't be much relaxing happening, so I will enjoy it while I can.

mmmm...

warm sunny day, playing on the beach, a walk on the boardwalk, family, and ice cream....does it get any better?

Michael thought this photo was funny....it made us think of the candid photos of celebrities you see in  People magazine or somewhere.   We'll pretend that we are totally cool enough to have paparazzi following us around (instead of the reality...which is that everyone was too interested in their ice cream to pay attention to me taking their photo! :) )

A day at the beach

A few weeks ago we had a beautiful Friday to enjoy at the beach.  It was in the upper 70s and sunny and the kids loved the sand!





Daddy & Claire buried Boden in the sand....



we dug holes with our new sand toys....



made sand angels....



ate some sand... (of course...every kid has to try it at least once, right?)



made some sand castles...





and smashed some sand castles...



that was clearly Claire's favorite part. She went around and smashed every single one. Thankfully Boden thought it was funny and wasn't upset about it.

and for those of you wondering what I'm looking like these days, we did manage to take a photo. I have been terrible about documenting this pregnancy.



We are excited to be living so close to the beach for the first time in our lives. We really look forward to enjoying it this summer when it gets warmer!