the beach!

as much as i have loved seeing my kids bundled up in their sweet hats and cozy jackets, this momma is so glad that beach days are here! our first beach day a couple of weeks ago was a wonderful one... a little windy, so a little cool... but that did not stop the kids from having a ball. my kids that want to change their clothes the minute they spill a little something on them at home were perfectly content sloshing around in wet clothes all afternoon! gotta love the beach!


after the cousins got nice and soggy, they dried off a little while they built a sand castle with aunt kristie. amelia really really wanted to help...


here's their work of art... notice the lollipop-wrapper-flags! :)


amelia finally got to get down to play in the sand. she loved it from the get-go!


once she got a fist full of sand, she did not let it go.


seriously, she didn't.


and whatever goes in her hand goes in her mouth!





the funny thing is that amelia continued to shove sand in her mouth, even after making that yucky face. :) babies can't resist!!

when the soggy kids got a little chilly from the breezy day, they cozied up under the warmth of towels and beach hats.


and aunt kristie didn't mind keeping amelia warm!


now that we got our first taste of sandy sunshine, we can't wait to go back. the back of our van will be loaded with buckets and beach toys for a good long while now, and the floorboard will stay sandier than my husband prefers. we will most definitely take our swimsuits from now own, and this girl will most definitely have her ten little toes in the sand....