Caroline just stood on it for the longest time. The big kids were extremely patient, and I think even got a kick out of her just standing and then sitting staring at the water.
Eventually they had enough waiting, though, and Julia came to get Caroline off! Caroline was not happy about that! Julia would take her off, and she'd right away walk back to the Slip 'n Slide. Austin at least was entertained with his new squirt gun. I got a pack of 3 in the Target dollar spot. Can't beat that--3 for a dollar! We'll see how long they last! ;)
Finally Caroline moved out of the way, and the big kids could slide. These girls crack me up! They are so not daredevils! Cautious to the core, both of them! They both only kind of hop/skip along the slide, then plop to their knees, and that's it! Crawl to the end!
Austin will run and slide. He'll show them how it's done. ;) And he did, but he was also really into squirting his sisters with the squirt guns. Especially the bigger sisters. Baby sister was spared. He adores her. :D She was shivering, but not unhappy, and he nicely sat in the chair with her to snuggle.
Memorial Day we went to Avila Beach. The weather was still really nice and warm, and it was a great beach day. The only thing, I think everybody else thought so too. You'd think our beaches were tourist attractions or something. ;) We found a close-ish [free] parking spot, and claimed our own little area of sand.
Austin dug the whole time, and built a sand castle that he played with with Lauren. Lauren had a whole imaginary story going, and chattered on and on about the queen and prince living in the castle. I think she was meaning she was the queen and Austin was the prince, because she was calling Austin "Prince" as she talked to him!
At one point Austin got two sticks and "cut down" the castle, and Lauren, incredulous, said, "Oh no! What about the queen?! What about the prince?! They were sleeping in there! Queen? Prince? Where are you?!" After the castle was destroyed, she took to making angels in the sand. Yeah, the bath tub had a layer of sand in it that night...
Julia and Brian wore their bathing suits. The water was cold! But Julia didn't care. She ran and played in it almost the whole time we were there.
I was there too. ;)
Lauren ran in the waves once, then immediately back to our sand area. The water was too cold for her. She tried it once more with Julia, happy to tag along with big sister, but still, the water was too cold. Caroline liked it, though!
You always see something interesting at the beach. Austin was busy digging, and Brian said, "Look Austin! There's a pirate!" These guys proceeded to take their boat (actually a box covered in duct tape) and sit in it in the ocean. It did not float.
So their next strategy was to cut leg holes in the bottom and go wading in it. That was the most interesting thing we saw at the beach this day, I thought.
This group had a flag hanging from their shade tent. Appropriate for Memorial Day, right?
There were lots of groups that had their coolers and BBQs out on the sand. Not for me. I had enough grit in my eyes and teeth just sitting there; didn't need to eat it too. So we ate our picnic lunch up by the playground. Which the kids liked just fine, because then they got to play there!
I tried to get a group picture of the four before we went to eat our lunch. This was as good as it got! Caroline tried her hardest to escape the whole set up!
Julia had some Doc Bernstein's ice cream certificates she was given for finishing her Awana book. So we stopped there on the way home for ice cream. We also found another certificate hidden away in the glove box! So ice cream only cost about $3 for us all. Thanks for sharing, Julia.
Brian had set up the pool Sunday morning before church, and the kids went in it that afternoon. The water was so warm, like bath water! The little pool was even warmer! After we got home from the beach and ice cream they went in it again. And there's Austin, shooting his squirt gun again. They had a good time out there.
Memorial Day we went to Avila Beach. The weather was still really nice and warm, and it was a great beach day. The only thing, I think everybody else thought so too. You'd think our beaches were tourist attractions or something. ;) We found a close-ish [free] parking spot, and claimed our own little area of sand.
Austin dug the whole time, and built a sand castle that he played with with Lauren. Lauren had a whole imaginary story going, and chattered on and on about the queen and prince living in the castle. I think she was meaning she was the queen and Austin was the prince, because she was calling Austin "Prince" as she talked to him!
At one point Austin got two sticks and "cut down" the castle, and Lauren, incredulous, said, "Oh no! What about the queen?! What about the prince?! They were sleeping in there! Queen? Prince? Where are you?!" After the castle was destroyed, she took to making angels in the sand. Yeah, the bath tub had a layer of sand in it that night...
Julia and Brian wore their bathing suits. The water was cold! But Julia didn't care. She ran and played in it almost the whole time we were there.
I was there too. ;)
Lauren ran in the waves once, then immediately back to our sand area. The water was too cold for her. She tried it once more with Julia, happy to tag along with big sister, but still, the water was too cold. Caroline liked it, though!
You always see something interesting at the beach. Austin was busy digging, and Brian said, "Look Austin! There's a pirate!" These guys proceeded to take their boat (actually a box covered in duct tape) and sit in it in the ocean. It did not float.
So their next strategy was to cut leg holes in the bottom and go wading in it. That was the most interesting thing we saw at the beach this day, I thought.
This group had a flag hanging from their shade tent. Appropriate for Memorial Day, right?
There were lots of groups that had their coolers and BBQs out on the sand. Not for me. I had enough grit in my eyes and teeth just sitting there; didn't need to eat it too. So we ate our picnic lunch up by the playground. Which the kids liked just fine, because then they got to play there!
I tried to get a group picture of the four before we went to eat our lunch. This was as good as it got! Caroline tried her hardest to escape the whole set up!
Julia had some Doc Bernstein's ice cream certificates she was given for finishing her Awana book. So we stopped there on the way home for ice cream. We also found another certificate hidden away in the glove box! So ice cream only cost about $3 for us all. Thanks for sharing, Julia.
Brian had set up the pool Sunday morning before church, and the kids went in it that afternoon. The water was so warm, like bath water! The little pool was even warmer! After we got home from the beach and ice cream they went in it again. And there's Austin, shooting his squirt gun again. They had a good time out there.
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