Sand In Every Crack

Yep, we went to the coast a few weeks ago. 

The coast with little kids equals sand EVERYWHERE including the ears, the eyes, the mouth... total hose-down required when you get home. 

We got to Cannon Beach early and found a partially dug huge hole (leftover by some kids who later came back to "claim" it) and the boys were excited to dig. 

Owen is saying "hole!!!" 

They dug for a long time and Neal and I just got to sit and watch and sip our coffees and relax. We are at that point where the boys PLAY together and it's amazing. 

I took them both down to the water and it was like herding cats. Seriously. Or drunken flies. Either or... just wandering every which way, so I had to distract them with a "look what I am doing!" trick in the sand...

Their names! If only they could read...

We got to the water and they both just loved the waves crashing!

This was Owen's first time in the Pacific Ocean! The last time we were at the coast with him, he was 3 weeks old and stayed strapped to me the whole time. He LOVED it, even when  little wave knocked him over and he got soaked from head to toe.

Austin liked feeling the sand go out from under him when the waves receding...

On the way back to our spot they decided to build a road because, well, they're boys.

We trekked back to the car and changed clothes and went and walked through the little town. We got ice cream, went into the toy shop, and found the big whale statue!

I'm pretty sure they meant keep off the actual whale and not the railing... but if not.. then we are total rule breakers. 

The boys got to pick out one small thing from the toy shop and found these sword and shield sets (which were pretty cheap) and we went back down to the sand for a bit so they could defend it from invading armies.

Too bad the invading armies captured them and buried them in the sand though.

Then it was time to head home and both boys crashed out in the car! We got home, showered the sand out of every crack, and had a party in the driveway. Austin wanted to take a picture of all of us, because he's in a slightly vain phase and likes to look at himself afterwards. Owen has food in his mouth, like usual. 

I am trying to remember the fun days with these kids because Lord knows there are many difficult days in the mix too.