Beach, Sand, Planes, and Fun! Part 2 - the Beach

Adam was a bit unsure about the beach and the ocean. The first day, after traveling most of the day, getting to our villa, and changing to beach clothes, we get all four of us out to the beach, play in the sand for a few minutes, and then Adam says, "I want to go home." Ahhhhhhh!!!! It took him awhile to get used to all the sand....rather, to figure out how to get the sane off his hands when it bothered him. As for the ocean, well, it's by far the biggest thing he has ever seen, so it is pretty scary. I want him to have a healthy fear of these things, but it took a few days before Adam would go far enough to get his feet wet.

Naturally, he felt safe when Daddy was with him.

Playing in sand...

Caleb, despite mastering his crawling skills during the week of vacation, was pretty content to sit inside the beach tent. A sandy beach is pretty tough place for a crawling, thumb-sucker!

Our friends the Andersons went on the trip with us, so there were actually FOUR little boys on our trip! Dustin and Adam were good buddies, and they had a lot of fun tackling new adventures together.

This is on the last day, when Adam decided the shallow water was okay. Who can resist building towers that the waves will knock down?

I am quite proud of us for preventing sunburn on our fair skin babies!

One of the favorite beach games was scooping sand into buckets of water.

Sometimes, a boy's gotta take a break to re-energize. You just have to make sure no one steals your sippy cup or your sunglasses.

Caleb is like his Mama - he likes to take a good nap on the beach!

Sleeping with the breeze!

Beach, Sand, Planes,and Fun!

We just spent an awesome week in Destin, Florida for vacation, and I've just realized I have too many pictures to share in one post! If all goes well, and the babies continue to nap, I will add my favorites on here to illustrate our trip.

This was Caleb's first time flying, and though Adam flew in the summer of 2009, he does not remember it, so he was especially excited to be riding on an airplane for this trip. I was nervous about packing everything we needed for a beach trip since we were flying (see earlier post), but in the end we scaled down and made it happen.

I love this picture of Adam at the airport - he was in awe!

He loved looking at all the planes and vehicles outside, busy doing their jobs.

On the plane, Adam was happy to watch Mickey Mouse (thank you, technology!)

Caleb, meanwhile, found that being snuggled made for a great place for a nap.

This picture was from our last night there. Adam appears to be in mid-sentence, and Caleb is busy knocking the hat off his head!

Beach babies!


We did lots of playing, digging, burying, running, etc in the sand during the week, but somehow this was the first time Adam realized this trick, and we were sad it was on the last day!

Definitely, a beach trip with two little ones is no easy trip, but we were SO glad we went. It was wonderful to see them learn new things and gain confidence throughout the week. I love the beach, so this was great for me to get to introduce all the fun to Adam and Caleb.