The Beach

So of course we couldn't be in southern California without spending some time at the beach. And Brek knows all about the beach thanks to Elmo. We were at Newport Beach, not far from my aunt's house.

Brek was a bit hesitant about the sand.

We kept walking. He stopped.

Putting a toe in, to get a feel.

Trying it again.

 It seriously took him at least 5 minutes to take more than a step or two. He thought we were all really strange when we took our shoes off and just walked in it. Finally I offered my hand to hold as we walked across, and he pulled down on it like it was gonna help him not walk on the sand.

Once we got to the water, he was pretty cool.

Sure do love seeing my boy with his Papa!

He totally loved the water. I've never seen a kid this calm around the waves for the first time.

He may not look happy, but he really was.

Then Daddy came.

After some good time in the water, we set to building a sand castle. Definitely a beach requirement!

Thankfully Papa stepped in and made it even more awesome.

King of the Castle

Not much else. We came. We saw. We played. We watched sand crabs and Brek went back into the water after playing in the sand. He got knocked down a time or two by the waves, getting his face and hair and everything, and he was so chill about it. My mom said she heard him talking to the waves, saying ever so calmly, "You knocked me down. Now I'm gonna jump over you." He's so funny.
Sure was fun!