Fun in the Sun (Part 1)

Happy days are here again. Once again the sun has decided to grace Whidbey Island with its wonderful presence. And when you are as Vitamin D deprived as us Western Washingtonians tend to be you don't waste a minute of it.

The kids and I started out the week with a trip to Maxwelton beach accompanied by my sister, her son ,Pearson, and my mother. Maxwelton is a nice little public beach with a park, a boat launch, and a little league baseball field. We started the trip with a quick ride on the swing for Greyson while Ani made a sandcastle. Pearson was taking a little catnap in the car.

Once Pearson woke up and the kids got tired of running around near the playground we decided to walk out on the beach. As luck would have it the tide was out which means that the water is extremely shallow for hundreds of feet out into the bay. The sun quickly warms up the shallow water which makes it perfect for wading or swimming if you're an adventurous kid. Things started out with all of us simply getting our feet wet, but quickly degenerated into a half-naked rompfest for Aniela and Pearson. As you all know things can quickly spiral out of control when you take two young kids with cabin fever and add some sunshine and a large body of water. Mayhem always ensues!

Eventually, Ani and Pearson got so wet that the shirts came off too. All this left me wondering why I hadn't brought Ani's swimming suit.....or a towel......or sunblock for that matter. But what can I say. I like to live life on the edge.
In the end my mom and I sacrificed our sweatshirts (if you can call it a sacrifice in 60 degree weather) and bundled Ani and Pearson up for the trek back to the car. By the time we got home we had three exhausted sand covered kids and not a single hint of a tan to show for it. So much for worrying about sunblock!