The beach -- Kilkee

The non-rainy days this week have been really nice and warm. Looking at the weekend's forecast, I decided to talk Jeff into taking us out to the beach on Saturday. Not that it takes much convincing to get Jeff to head to sand & salt water.  I knew it would be a little cooler on the coast then at our house, but figured we would still have a fun time. I had no earthly idea we would have this much fun or that it would be such an easy trip!

We had no strollers, the kids helped carry an item or two, and they followed directions and stayed close. They also were willing to be flexible so that we didn't have three kids asking for three different things at once.  There was one period of time where I was laying on the blanket, watching Gordon and Jeff play in the ocean while Adele and Walt dug in the sand next to me. It was 30 minutes of complete contentment.

I thought we'd sit on the beach awhile when we arrived, and maybe eat, but the kids headed straight for the water. 

My loves

They'd already gotten wet, so we had to take them back up to the blanket to throw on their swim trunks. Nobody minded in the least!

The biggest unknown was Walt. Previous beach trips involved many tears and me carrying him around for hours since he was afraid of the sand. You can tell this little boy is LOVING every minute of it.

My two boys, digging in.

Throwing dirt it always fun.

Adele loved digging and making castles. She was also happy to just rub sand all over herself.

After an hour, the kids were finally hungry. I plopped them into chars and handed them food. It was only about 60 degrees F outside, so they quickly got chilly. 

I moved the picnic to the blanket since the ground was much warmer and it didn't take long for the shivering to stop.

After lunch, Walt and Adele stayed by me and played in the sand. Gordon headed down to the water with his dad and he played non-stop, chasing waves for 30-45 minutes.

Gordon just loves the water

When he finished, he went up to the blanket, lay down, and was half asleep. He was so tired he could barely walk back to the car.

A wonderful day!