Wednesday afternoon San Diego brought lovely 68 degree weather and we packed up our kids and beach gear and headed just 8 miles west to hit Mission Beach.
Needless to say, the kids loved the sand and immediately dug right in.
Kate ate her share of sand, seaweed, beach drift, whatever she could find. And sucking your thumb while on the beach proves to be problematic.
The water was cold and thankfully our kids were not interested.
Phil and Matthew enjoyed some beach frisbee, Shanna and I were beach toy mediators, water and snack providers and beach towel bundlers when our babes had enough of the wind. I learned that swim diapers do not hold any liquids (duh) as Max demonstrated as soon as we got there by creating his own wet sand. Changing diapers is nigh impossible, don't try to get your kids bums clean of sand and I even briefly considered dipping Kate's little cheeks in the water to rid her of all the sand but as I dipped my toes into the frigid water I quickly and wisely reconsidered.
Bath time when we got home required at least two shampoos with vigorous scrubbing and left a little bucket of sand in the bottom of the tub. We cleaned sand out of ears for almost a week afterwards. The beach was our favorite activity of the trip and we are already wanting to hit it again before school starts up.
7 comments:
First of all . . hello ADORABLE pregnant lady : ) You look amazing. Brat ; ) Second, we were just there last month ( we were actually in Oceanside but we stopped in San Diego for a few hours on the way home ) and I miss the weather. It was heavenly !
Next stop Texas?!! Oh I miss you! Love all the pictures of the kids. Thanks for updating ;)
I love the beach. Hopefully we can make it there sometime this summer! It looks like you had fun!
Ha ha ha ha! This made me laugh. Love the beach! We get to go in July and I can't wait.
I'm glad you guys had so much fun. We loved having you here! Next time you go to the beach and want to get rid of the sand, use baby powder. It takes it right off, and allows you to keep clean kiddos and a clean car!
I keep forgetting that you are pregnant. You are looking so cute. I am glad that you guys were able to get away. You kiddos are super cute little beach bums.
That beach trip looks heavenly... and those adorable kids are even cuter in their beach outfits. So cute!
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