One way to welcome in the Spring is with a day at the beach. We're not as close to the coast as we once were, it now take 1 1/2 hours drive time instead of a 5 min walk, but we love the beach just the same.
It was at least 70 degrees when we got to the Gulf this afternoon, but by evening it was quite a bit colder. My kids, being my kids, do not feel the cold. They played hard in that water till we stuffed them in the car and drove home.
We enjoyed the perfect sand castle sand with 2 other families with kids our kids ages. It's always fun to have a friend along.
I actually got Addison to smile for the camera. That is a serious miracle right there. And to get Phoenix to look up at the same time and stop concentrating on his sand castle, WOW, I am one awesome Camera Mom.
So as the evening went by the temperature dropped but the wind picked up. Perfectly too! We got all our kites up in the air, and some of them are pretty big so that's saying something.
Sicily even got in on the action with our shark kite. Eventually it did get away from her but luckily hooked on the mirror of the car. You can see London's trick kite up there with the tail. That thing never stays airborne for long, but this time it never came down. He did loop-de-loops for a good 30 mins with that thing.
Proof that it is possible to use all the string on your reel. I was really hoping it was tied on at the end, never knew, never had a kite go up that high. Not too sure but I think this was a 100 ft kite string. It was our Dragon Fly Kite, the one Aspen's flying above.
After the water and most of the kites were down it was time for dinner. Do you think Sicily likes Cheetos? I'm not too sure.
Bonn Fire on the Beach. I've always wanted to do this but never had the chance. We were sure glad we had this fire by the end of the evening too. That wind was cold, and wet towels just don't cut it when it comes to warming up.
Hot Dogs and Smores. For those of you that don't know what Smores are, you roast a marshmallow or 2 then put it with a graham cracker (or simple cookie) add a good sized square of chocolate and you're good to go. I've never actually seen someone roast the chocolate too, like this. A bit risky if you ask me, marshmallows are cheep, but you just can't waste chocolate. He lost the 1st one, but his second one worked.
We parked right next to this big ol' tree trunk. We think Hurricane Ike put it here. Great playground for the kids. And Sicily's always up for a good smashing of her big brother.
It was at least 70 degrees when we got to the Gulf this afternoon, but by evening it was quite a bit colder. My kids, being my kids, do not feel the cold. They played hard in that water till we stuffed them in the car and drove home.
We enjoyed the perfect sand castle sand with 2 other families with kids our kids ages. It's always fun to have a friend along.
I actually got Addison to smile for the camera. That is a serious miracle right there. And to get Phoenix to look up at the same time and stop concentrating on his sand castle, WOW, I am one awesome Camera Mom.
So as the evening went by the temperature dropped but the wind picked up. Perfectly too! We got all our kites up in the air, and some of them are pretty big so that's saying something.
Sicily even got in on the action with our shark kite. Eventually it did get away from her but luckily hooked on the mirror of the car. You can see London's trick kite up there with the tail. That thing never stays airborne for long, but this time it never came down. He did loop-de-loops for a good 30 mins with that thing.
Proof that it is possible to use all the string on your reel. I was really hoping it was tied on at the end, never knew, never had a kite go up that high. Not too sure but I think this was a 100 ft kite string. It was our Dragon Fly Kite, the one Aspen's flying above.
After the water and most of the kites were down it was time for dinner. Do you think Sicily likes Cheetos? I'm not too sure.
Bonn Fire on the Beach. I've always wanted to do this but never had the chance. We were sure glad we had this fire by the end of the evening too. That wind was cold, and wet towels just don't cut it when it comes to warming up.
Hot Dogs and Smores. For those of you that don't know what Smores are, you roast a marshmallow or 2 then put it with a graham cracker (or simple cookie) add a good sized square of chocolate and you're good to go. I've never actually seen someone roast the chocolate too, like this. A bit risky if you ask me, marshmallows are cheep, but you just can't waste chocolate. He lost the 1st one, but his second one worked.
We parked right next to this big ol' tree trunk. We think Hurricane Ike put it here. Great playground for the kids. And Sicily's always up for a good smashing of her big brother.
6 comments:
We had such a good time!!! Can't wait to go again!
Okay, so you don't head to the beach at Galveston, so where do you go? (You can e-mail me if you don't want it published)
You should try making smores with Rolos. Yum. I feel cold looking at your pictures, but that is because it is cold here.
What a fun time!!
Looks like so much fun . . . but way too cold for me! How do kids do it?
Looks like tons of fun had by all!
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