Just beachy

We are having a sweltering heat wave here in Oakland, CA. It was 90 at our house today and like most old homes in the area, ours doesn't have AC. So, we headed to the beach in search of some cooler air.

Last summer when we took the twins to the beach it was a nightmare. Granted, they were only about 7 months old (couldn't sit unsupported yet), it was foggy and windy, and they cried on the blanket the whole time. Good times.

But now, at 18 months, it's a whole new beachy keen world. Lucy was heavily into digging and would proudly and dramatically dump her bucket of sand when it got full. Drake was crawling around on the hard sand near the water and would have crawled right into the ocean if I had let him. He loved getting splashed by the little waves and each time I would try to re-direct him to crawl towards dry land, he would turn around and head into the water again.

It was a great day. It was also kind of a trial run on "do they like the beach?" as we are going to the the Jersey shore for a week in August with my parents. Now, I know they are going to absolutely love it.