Beach Day

On Monday I took A to the beach for the very first time! I know, I know, she's totally not in touch with her "island roots" but in my defense 1) we don't live as close to the beach as we used to, and 2) the beaches here are much different than back home (which means I hardly ever go...total beach snob, I know)!! Mandy was taking Jack for their last beach trip of the summer so we spontaneously threw some food in a cooler, grabbed a few towels, and headed out to San Clemente. We talked about our trip to the beach the whole way there...what we would see and who would be there and how much fun it would be etc... A was so excited that she just kept saying "beach, beach, beach!" Once we finally got to the beach, she was so excited she would barely keep still in her stroller. Note: a stroller at the beach isn't necessarily recommended but when you're solo and carrying as much stuff as I had, a stroller becomes highly convenient! Moving on...

After all the excitement from the little miss about the beach, it was quite annoying hilarious to see her FREAK OUT when I put her down on the sand! No, she didn't burn her feet (she had her sandals on). She apparently didn't like the fact that her feet were dirty or perhaps she was unsure of the texture, who really knows. All I know is she jumped on to the towel, sat down, and proceeded to clean sand from between her toes while whining about how "Nayah no like it." DI.VA! Imagine her reaction to me dunking her in the cold salt water! Hehe. After 15 minutes or so she calmed down and decided the sand and waves weren't too bad and ended up having a blast with her buddy Jack. 

she started out with her feet on the towel but her hands in the sand...

deciding whether or not to move off the towel...

giving in  to see what all the fuss is about...

hey buddy!

making sure the towel is nearby...just in case...

ok, ok, this is quite fun actually...

Although, with a whole beach at their disposal, these two still preferred to spend most of their day right here:

Silly kids.