Beach Days

We had a super fun week! We left Tuesday morning to head to Elise’s house.  We got there in the afternoon and swam at her neighborhood pool. 

In the evening we played some pioneer games and ate pie for Pioneer Day.  That night Elise and I stayed up talking and finishing her gifts for Macey’s birthday.  

Wednesday was Macey’s 1st birthday.  The boys and Lydia played Beanboozled in the morning while we waited for Macey to take a nap.  It is the grossest game!  The gross jelly beans even smelled like what they were supposed to taste like (barf, fart, etc).  I honestly don't know how they played it for so long--especially Henry who kept picking the gross flavors!

We went to Corona Del Mar and had a great time!  It was a HOT day.  Our feet were burning on our way to and from our spot on the beach.  There was so much seaweed though!  It was kind of gross.  As Elise and I were sitting on the beach I looked up and saw my aunt Heidi! There were so many people on the beach that is incredible that we saw her and that our spots on the beach were so near each other! We had a nice time chatting for the rest of the time there. It would have been really fun to stay for the bonfire but we had tired kids asking to head home around 6:00. 

The kids had a great time playing in the water and sand.  They couldn't go too far into the water though because the water was rough.

It was really fun to take the kids over to the tide pools and let them explore.

James was brave to get buried as the tide was coming in.

James tried some honeycomb that Elise had.

On Thursday we headed to the beach again.  The boys didn’t want to risk not being able to go out far and have a ton of seaweed so we tried out Bolsa Chica.  It was not crowded and ended up being a really nice day despite the chilly weather.  William and James braved the cold water and boogie boarded a bit.  

Lydia loved collecting shells.

Lydia and Vance needed to warm up every once in a while.

Vance and Lydia were such cute little friends all day long.

On the way home we grabbed some Panda for dinner.  Lydia loved trying chopsticks.

That evening Elise and I snuck away for a minute to try the dessert waffles near her house.  I highly recommend the creme brûlée waffles!  They were so so good!

The kids had so much fun playing in the toy room and Lydia really loved dressing up!

Friday morning we headed home.  We had fun listening to the Wow in the World podcast that Elise recommended. 

I let the boys stop at Eddie World (a really awesome rest stop with lots of fun treats and really clean bathrooms) and bought some treats to share.  

Elise and I stayed up so late every night... and I needed a nap when we finally got home.  We really loved our short trip!  I’m glad that Elise let us stay at her house and hijack her week.  She and I decided it needs to become a yearly tradition.