Beach Trip Recap

Well, we spent the last 3.5 days at the beach…and we survived but learned so much in the process. Only a few meltdowns by the parents kids. 

We headed down to the Rehoboth area on Sunday morning and met with our friends who were kind enough to offer us the use of their beach home for a few days/nights. We definitely would not have gone, if not for their generosity. We visited for a bit and then attempted to put kids down for naps. McKenna fell asleep and Austin decided not to nap at all. When I quickly figured out he was not going to sleep, I suggested I pack him and I up real quickly and head to beach for a bit.

HE LOVED IT. 
(He hadn't gone much last year with McKenna being a newborn so I was a little apprehensive on wether he would like it or not.)

We stayed for a little over an hour and then headed home. Upon arrival, we found out that McKenna only slept for an hour. So we knew we had a tired little girl on our hands. We chose to head to the boardwalk, grab some pizza and ride a few rides. The kids did well enough but were VERY tired. They rode two rides and loved them (but where done after that). In hindsight, I would have waited on boardwalk but we learned. 

Tired out from the beach, on the way to the boardwalk. 

Monday was a lazy, family morning. With coffee on the sun porch and donuts for the kids. Then we headed to the beach for a few hours. This was McKenna's first trip and she did not disappoint. She loved the water, the seagulls, the sand etc. It is so, so much fun to watch them see new things. 

Digging holes and building castles. 

Best rolls ever! She tans so easily too! 

Searching for sea creatures with Daddy. 

My boy and I. 

We went out for dinner Monday which was surprisingly nice as the kids were so well behaved and ate well. Everyone slept well after a long day on the beach!

Tuesday morning we took Austin out to the docks to feed the gulls. He loves doing this (we do this in Maine as well) and he loved throwing the bread into the water and watching the gulls soar down and grab it. Once McKenna woke up, we decided to head back to some shops along boardwalk and downtown. Kids seemed to do much better earlier in the day and enjoyed playing some games and watching daddy win some prizes. 

Feeding the gulls. 

We rounded out Tuesday with a late afternoon beach trip. McKenna can handle about 2 hours before she is done. I think this is the point she realizes she has half the beach in her diaper and is ready to get going! I've never seen so much sand in a bathing suit and diaper. If anyone has any advice…both my kids had some serious sand/diaper/wet bathing suit rashes…I'm not 100% certain how to avoid this as they sit and play in the sand. We do change them immediately as well. 

Eating sand. 

 

 

Last year and this year, same place. He is growing up WAY to quickly!

We couldn't have asked for a better few days away as a family. The kids were pushed and stretched and adjusted so well to all the changes. We had picture perfect weather and some great quality time.