Parker Week 28 – Fun at the beach
July 21, 2009
mmm... sand...
A few weeks ago we had a family trip to Wallis Sands Beach. It was our first trip to the Ocean with the boys – Xander has been to beaches before, but never to the ocean. The whole day was tons of fun, and even without a nap Xander did great (except for that whole taking off without telling anyone, but that is for a different post).
Parker was of course a little young to be enjoying many beach activities, though he did get to dip his toes in the Atlantic. I was not surprised to discover that he simply stopped to watch the odd activity of the cool water washing over his legs, and his feet slowly sinking into the sand. No complaints, no giggles, just quiet contemplation.
With this warmer (and finally sunnier) weather we’ve discovered that Parker looooves to feel grass on his feet. Sand was pretty much the same way – he was fascinated by it! Shortly after we arrived, Zach was letting Parker check out the sand, and he had so much fun with it. It wasn’t long before the kid face planted into the sand – but without complaint – he would have happily rolled around in the sand for a lot longer if we hadn’t insisted that we needed to clean the stuff out of his eyes and mouth… (I also should note that I was still pulling sand out of his ears a week later…) At least he enjoyed himself, right?
