My parents rented a great little beach condo for a weekend and everyone was invited! Luckily, not everyone could make it because it would have been a little cramped ;) But, I packed up the boys (Nigel stayed home to work), Erika and Jude came, Mom and Dad, and my grandma. We headed up to Long Beach, Washington and had a WONDERFUL weekend :) Well, mostly wonderful - minus the excrutiating knee pain that made it hard to walk for me the whole weekend. But, pain aside, it was great. We would have enjoyed a little more sunshine, but it didn't really rain, so you can't complain! Here's a little peek into our great beach weekend!
Jude enjoying some Cheerios for breakfast! Look at that HUGE bite!
Brock enjoying his first time walking on the beach :) He wasn't so sure about putting his toes in the sand, but once he got over that, he was good to go!
Playing in the water.....there was a sand castle building contest going on the weekend that we were there, so they had dug out all of these little "pools" to retrieve water from. It worked out perfectly for playing in the water! It was a little (tiny bit) warmer than the ocean, and no fear of those sneaky waves!
Caden and Brock have no fear about playing in cold water! They had so much fun! We couldn't convince Jude to get in, though.
At least Jude decided that walking in the sand was ok. It took a lot of convincing him that nothing bad would happen if he walked in it! He still enjoyed being carried more than walking, though :)
A sweet little moment between Papa and Jude!
The only castle left standing! We watched them start building all of the sand castles and were so excited to see the finished products - but, by the time we got back down to see them, they had all been washed away by the tide! So bummed, but this one was really cool!
Caden LOVED playing in the waves. He got to skip out on his nap time and come hang out with Papa, Mommy, Erika and Jude to see the one remaining sand castle. He spent most of the time just jumping around and loving life!
I didn't realize until I got home and loaded the pictures on the computer that I got this great sequence of him jumping.......here he goes......
Ready for launch.......
Cleared for take-off......
And BLAST OFF!!!!!
Besides being at the water, we had fun playing at the condo - the boys were in their fort....
And of course, the carousel. They all loved it!
Jude loved it so much that he was devastated by the news that he had to get off. Poor little guy!
