We had a blast!
Michael has been taking shorter afternoon naps lately, and I thought the beach would really wear him out.
It didn't really, but we still had fun. (Today he took a long nap, so he's off probation :) )
When we got there, he immediately took the sand and wanted to squish it in his fingers and dig in it and pile onto his lap.
After playing for a while, I took him down to the water and sat him at the shoreline.
I was a little concerned for how he would react to the wave coming...would he be scared? Would he be overwhelmed?
But he LOVED it!
(I didn't take any pictures during this time, because I wanted to keep a close eye on him.)
He kept pointing at the people out in the ocean, he kept digging in the mud, and kicking his feet when the water would puddle around him. He kept yelling at the water, especially when the waves got closer. He would point, and scream with a big smile at his face, and to be honest, I think he was a little disappointed the times it didn't come all the way to him.
After a while, I took him back to our towel, cleaned off his hands and gave him a snack. He enjoyed the crackers and string cheese, but was determined to get back to the water.
He took off crawling, as fast as he could straight toward the water.
When he arrived at the shoreline, he just kept going and going, crawling straight to the water! The waves that were going to come in were still a little ways out, and he didn't realize that when they came, they were going to really get him wet!
Finally, a wave came. He was crawling at the time, and the wave came up to his elbows. He thought it was hysterical!
I moved him a little further up, so the water wouldn't come up so high on him and sat him down. When the wave came again, he got so excited and kicked his legs so hard he fell backwards into the water. Again, I was worried about his reaction, but he thuoght it was funny!
Well, after about an hour and a half, I thought it was time to go home. I loaded him up into the car, simply amazed at how much sand we were carrying with us.
I didn't know where to begin cleaning ourselves off, so I just loaded him up in the car as he was, and figured I could clean him off.
I took him home, took him straight into the tub and washed what seemed like half of La Jolla Shores down the drain. I toweled off a very happy, silly baby who had a great first day at the beach!
3 comments:
You are such an awesome mommy.
Wonderful pictures of smiley Michael.
Oh, a day at the beach looks like so much fun.
It seems like you also enjoyed a day at the beach. You may have set yourself up for many more beach trips.
It would be fun to do that one day with you.
Love to all
That looks like so much fun!
What a cutie!
How fun! That was a really good idea. :-) He's such a water baby. ♥
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