I love going to the beach. Last year we didn't go too often because it was too hard with Maddie having to be in the Ergo and I had to make sure Sabrina didn't just go off into the ocean by herself. But so far this year it's been great. Both girls stay in the general vicinity and Sabrina can go a little bit into the ocean by herself but seems to have a healthy fear of the power of the ocean. Also according to her there are sharks to watch out for so you don't want to go too far :)
So when my good friend Shay invited us to hang with her and her family at the beach house that they are renting in Santa Cruz I said "heck yeah!" We had a super busy day right from the start. In the morning the girls had swim class, and then we hopped on over to Pump It Up in Morgan Hill. Our South Valley 2008 group was sponsoring a trip and so we couldn't say no! The girls had a great time, although I think Maddie's favorite part was drinking from the water fountain. From there it was straight to Santa Cruz. My "plan" was to feed the girls lunch, then put Maddie down for a nap, get Sabrina some quiet time and then hit the beach after we've rested.
Well you know what they say about planning...
...I forgot Maddie's paci!! If you think she will sleep without it, guess again. She screamed and cried for well over an hour in that pack n play. I was so so bitter and couldn't be mad at anyone other than myself. So after over an hour of this I gave up, took her out and took the girls down to the beach. At first I was really sure this was going to be a disaster, Maddie hadn't slept, the weather wasn't too warm, but it ended up being fabulous. Just as we got to the beach the sun started shining, we found Jake (Shay's husband) and his friends and family hanging out at the beach and we got right into having a fun time. The girls made sand castles, ran around and had fun fun fun. When Mal and the twins woke up the girls had even more fun. It was really cute to watch Sabrina and Mal make "sand castles" (really mounds of sand) that would get swept over by the water and the kids would go "ahhh, no!!! Make another one!!!" They did this forever. We were at the beach for close to 3 hours! Dinner was coming up so we headed back to the house, hosed the kids down, got them in the bath, in jammies and to the table for dinner. It was delicious, Jake's sister made a lentil stew with rice and salad. It was so good I had to go for seconds. Finally we had to make our way home and the girls fell asleep after about 5 minutes in the car. A great day all around!
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| A romantic date on the beach? |
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| Eventually I got around to putting on Maddie's swimsuit |
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All worn out!
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