Monday, May 14, 2012

Mother's Day Beach Trip

 Mother's Day started out as a normal Sunday with presents.  Glenn and Emma had got me the park blanket I wanted that is water resistant on the bottom, and zips up into a small square with a strap for easy carrying.  Great for all those play groups at the park with Emma.
 After church and lunch, Emma's no nap day from Saturday had caught up with her, and a nap was a must.  Emma wanted to nap in our bed, so we all piled into "Mommy & Daddy's bed" and promptly fell asleep. After an hour or two, Glenn sat up and woke both Emma and I up.
 The day before, Glenn and I had discussed the possibility of doing a picnic at the park for dinner.  Emma love's the park, and it was to be a beautiful day.  We were all set on this idea, until Emma saw pictures of her at the Beach.  From that time forward, all she wanted to do was go to the beach. So when we woke up from our nap, and it was still fairly early, we decided to drive to the beach for a picnic.
 We packed up our van, and an hour and a half later we were on the beach.  We headed to Cannon Beach and parked next to Moe's at the beach access.  We arrived a little before 5 pm, which was perfect.  Many people were leaving the beach for dinner, so there was lots of room. We found our spot, and Emma started moving sand.  That was her favorite part, moving the sand.  She did also build a sand castle (more of a sand wall,) but mostly she picked up sand in her hands, walked a few feet and deposited it.  Over and over again!
I also took Emma down to walk in the water.  Emma did not want the water to catch her, so always ran away from the waves long before they could even think of catching her.  She did have a great time with the wet sand however, and wore much of it.

After playing for a few hours, we moved back up to the car, and had our picnic.  It was too windy on the beach, and Emma had to be cleaned up before she could use her hands for food. It was fun to sit together and discuss our day.

Overall, an unusual Mother's day, but very relaxing and enjoyable.  I got to spend it with my family, and enjoy a beautiful day at the beach.

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