The Beach

For as long as I can remember Emmeline has looked at our Aruba vacation pictures and begged for us to take her to the beach. Well this summer we couldn't take her to Aruba, but we planned a quick trip to Monterey to visit the aquarium and the beach. She was beyond excited and kept asking the famous " Are we there yet?" question.
After the aquarium we skipped naps to head to the beach. Probably a big mistake since they were up at 5:45 and did not fall back to sleep.

We loaded up our gear walked down the steps of our hotel to the beach. The second Caden's feet hit the sand we knew this was a BAD idea. Caden has huge texture issues and the feeling of sand on his feet did him in. He jumped up on Daddy and wouldn't leave. We managed to plop him down on a blanket with Jackson. Jackson then discovered sand and thought it would be a yummy new treat to eat and throw-Ughhh...

And then there was Emmeline. She was in awe. She couldn't wait to get to the water.

                                               We managed to talk Caden into going down.

There was  a sweet moment with Dad

and then....

                                                                 DISASTER!
Unfortunately I think we picked high tide. It was a short lived trip.

Day 2: we were determined to make today a better trip. We let Caden wear socks - problem one solved. We brought snacks, but Jackson continued to enjoy sand. And we picked low tide and Emmeline loved it. She was sad it was cold, but had fun digging and building in the sand.
Day 2 pics

Day 2 a Success!