Crazy Day

I wanted to put pictures in this post, but something is not working with that, so here is our story without pictures.

On Saturday, we took a day trip to the beach.  I thought we were pretty crazy to attempt such a trip, but it actually worked out.  We left at a little after six and reached the beach at around 9:30.  We went to breakfast at an awesome restaurant and got crepes with fruit and chantilly cream.  Even Alexander got to enjoy the fruit and cream!  Then we hit the beach.  It was a perfect beach day.  It was 78 degrees and sunny.  However, the water was frigid.  I couldn't even stand to put my feet in it.  Alexander didn't think it was that cold though and he spent about 15 minutes playing in the ocean.  He was cold when he finished playing though.  We told him to play in the sand to dry off and he had a great time playing with his sand toys.  Then he went on a seashell hunt.  He brought about 20 shells home with him.  At that point we had to leave the beach because the wind was blowing so hard that we were getting exfoliated by the sand.

We decided to walk the boardwalk for awhile and visit some arcades.  Before we could do that, someone told us that they were giving away free kites, so of couse we had to get a free kite for Alexander.  When he got to the people giving them away, he had a choice of pink or purple.  I guess all of the other colors were gone by then.  He didn't care though.  He chose purple and we went onto the beach to try flying it.  It was a great kite day and his kite took off.  He loved flying it and was so excited.

Then we started walking again and went to an arcade.  Alexander got a couple of prizes.  At this point, both kids were really tired, so they took naps in their stroller and we started walking back to the car.

We went to Philips Crab House for dinner and had crab legs, shrimp, and tons of other seafood from their buffet.  Then we left the beach and went home.  We got home at around 9:30 and both kids were asleep.  We transferred them to their beds and then we went to bed.  All in all, it was a really great day!