A Beach Party!

Last week was Grandpa's birthday, so we loaded everyone up to have his "Birthday Party" at the beach. On our way there, Connor had all kinds of good questions:

1) Are all my cousins coming to Grandpa's party? (No, just us.) 

2) What kind of presents will he get? (umm, not sure but he probably won't open any at the "party")

3) What kind of cake will he have? (Well, we actually aren't having any cake today.)

4) WHAT??? NO. CAKE.???

At this point we have to explain to Connor in detail that this is not going to be your traditional birthday party. Its really more of a eating-lunch-out, then-playing-in-the-sand-kind-of-party. 

Connor remained confused, but he did thoroughly enjoy the beach!

Kaia

 It was colder than we expected so we didn't bother to put the Littles in their swimsuits. We figured that it would be too cold for them in the water anyway. Obviously we know our own kids really well...

Ashlyn

 After packing what seemed like two days worth of food/snacks, lots of extra clothes, blankets, beach towels, baby carriers, and stroller we thought we finally had everything. Once we got there we realized we forgot one crucial group of items. The sand toys. No problem. We found the kids a giant sand hole that turned out to be WAY. MORE. FUN!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!