Beach

Today we spent the morning at the beach. Golden Gardens Park is about 1.5 miles from our home and I really hadn't braved an outing with the kids there, so decided that there was no time like the present. We loaded up our sand buckets, three shovels, beach towels, lunch, and set off for a morning of sandy goodness.

I am embarrassed to report that we live 1.5 miles from a sandy beach...but Georgia is unfamiliar with sand outside of our sandbox. She spent the first 30 minutes at the beach hysterically crying and kicking off her Croc's because she had sand in her shoes. We are talking flailing, screaming, crying. I finally got her calmed down while we walked along the concrete sidewalk. I found a small stream of water running towards the ocean and talked her into getting wet and digging in the sand. Somewhere in the confusion, I lost one of our shovels, but consider that a small casualty when trying to keep track of the kids and managing temper tantrums.

By the end, Georgia thoroughly enjoyed digging in the sand and playing in the water. She had another temper tantrum when it was time to leave. Thank goodness Theo is pretty flexible and was content to sit on a blanket in the sand, digging with a shovel. It would have been much harder to manage two screaming kids.

I don't know how educational this trip was, but it was sensory filled and involved exploring our community. We will definitely go back to dig, scavenge during low tide, and play with others.