Sand Anyone??

We are so lucky to live a 40 minute(if that) drive to the ocean. Lilly(my dirty, messy, texture loving child)and Drew(my no thank you to new things, doesn't like to pick of peanut butter and jelly toast because jelly gets on his fingers child) both love the beach. This is a great thing for Todd and I who just get a chance to be kids again and enjoy it through their eyes.

The masterpiece begins....


Then it moves closer to the water where the discovery of sand and water together make way better creations....

(I didn't get a picture of the finished sand castle/fort/McQueen tunnel house because the destruction derby came on fast and swiftly.

Completely fascinated by the ocean. The intrigue of the waves and the realization of "BIG OCEAN WAY OUT THERE MOMMY!!!"


A beached whale or a kid scoping out food at a picnic in the distance?


My favorite part of the beach. Finding sand in mouths, hair, eyes, ears, crackers later that you thought never touched the sand....

ahhh, yes and just regular body part cracks. Let's not forget how we all find sand there after a trip to the beach.