So last weekend my husband randomly suggested we go to the beach...in five minutes. Ok, great idea. We all ran around gathering buckets and shovels, hats, sandals and sunscreen, loaded in the car and headed west. As we pulled into the parking lot I noticed the seagulls flying overhead, only they weren't moving. The wind was blowing against them so hard that they were flapping, but remained at a complete standstill in midair. We all piled out of the van and Lars took the three girls down while I changed Heidi's diaper. Before I even got to the sand, Lars was back with the girls who were all shivering and crying. Thankfully I had packed an extra change of clothes for everyone, so they just layered them on top and we gave it another try. Even with the extra clothes and blanket, they only lasted long enough to make an attempt at a sand castle. Considering Yaya's lips and cheeks were various shades of purple and blue, we called it a day and headed twenty miles south to another beach, Newport. This time we enjoyed the coast line from the car and looked at a bunch of the shops. Of course we had to eat clam chowder at Moe's and get salt water taffy. Overall it was a really nice day and we had alot of fun.
4 comments:
thats great!! but next time ---invite us!! we should seriously all go to the beach sometime. that would be so fun.
im glad you guys made the most of it :) .
i would probably have a worse attitude if my kids were not happy. your such a good example of the power of positive thinking. :)
love ya shar!!
Mmmmmm....Moe's.
The beach is NO fun when you have blue lips induced by the frigid wind... however, it is fun to have blue lips due to a blue dumdum sucker or such while at the beach.
Poor kids.
And I totally understand the feelings behind getting ready for a Mad-Wight-Dash-to-wherever-that-Wight-boy-can-think-up-to-go. That gene needs bred out of them. Maybe that is why all the girls?? :)
Oh this makes me miss Oregon even more!!! I love Moe's.
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