Beach Babies

Yesterday, we went to the beach. This has been our second beach adventure this year, and I call it an adventure, because just getting Caleb out the door takes more energy & patience than...you can imagine; not to mention all the necessary other gear we need to pack and the "just in case" stuff, too. It's a good thing we have a mini van to haul all our junk around!

So here's Caleb & Joshua with their life jackets on as well as their Dollar Store blow-up toys. Caleb's fish is already toast - has a hole in it. Joshua was freaking out when I would take wet sand from the bottom of the lake and put it on his "fish". It was quite funny! Also, he hated the "yuckies" on the bottom of the lake. And Caleb has issues with the large, ugly horse flies (he thought they were wasps!). Fortunately, there weren't too many horse flies buzzing around.

Here's Andrew taking a break from all that hard swimming work. It was so cute - as I was taking this picture, he kept glancing over at the couple next to us & flashing his little smile. I'm glad he saved one for me! He enjoyed the beach, as long as he could keep at least one thumb in his mouth at all times.

Our afternoon at the beach didn't last very long, even though the water was warm and the weather was warmer! I think I've raised at least 2 "pool boys". Maybe 1 beach baby from the 3 of them. They can't wait to go to the "Y" again, to the clean water & clean pool!!