The Beach

To say that my boys loved the beach would be a huge understatement.  They had so much fun at the beach...I'd say almost comparable fun to Disneyland.
We started our Thursday off with some breakfast and then we hung out a little bit before heading off towards the beach.  We decided to stop at a WalMart for some beach toys.  We found some good ones that happened to be miss marked for $2.00 instead of $12.00.  So we took advantage of that mistake and got lots of fun beach toys.

We drove down to the beach and picked up some Subway sandwiches for lunch.  We parked and then headed towards the water.  We had some beach towels we put down to sit on, but only the adults actually sat on the them to eat.  Once we got by the water the boys didn't want to eat, they just wanted to play.
We dumped out all the toys and let them have at it.  Josh was in heaven.  He LOVES himself a good sandbox and this was the ultimate sand to play in.
Tyler was the first one to want to get some water for his sand hole so Tony helped him to get it.  He put Megan's feet in the water and she wasn't too sure what to think.  She didn't cry, but she didn't really smile with delight either.  Josh didn't want anything to do with the water at first.  He was happy to play with the sand.  
It took a little while, but Josh finally touched the water.  Once he figured it out he was all about playing in the water.  The tide even made him fall once and he got sand all over his cloths and in his hair.

We decided since it was overcast and not super warm that the kids probably wouldn't play in the water and just stick to the sand - we were wrong.  They played in the sand the first hour, but then slowly got more and more wet.  Even Tony's shorts got pretty wet.
Megan was tired after about an hour so I went back on the towels and put her down for a nap.  Everyone else stayed close to the water building sand castles and having fun.  I think Tony and Margie had just about as much fun as the boys.  The weather was perfect and not too many people, a great day at the beach.  Tyler keeps asking if we can go to the beach each day.  He doesn't understand that we don't have a "real" beach any where close.  Both boys totally feel asleep within a couple minutes of leaving the beach .  Totally wore them out.  We talked about the next time we go maybe we do Disneyland three days and the beach two days - honestly SO MUCH FUN!!!

After the beach we went to Costco to pick up an ear drop prescription for me because that is the day that I started getting my ear infection - AND we picked up an eye drop prescription for Megan because she had green boogies in her eyes.  Gotta love getting sick on Vacation.