More Fun at the Beach!

Here is Wesley wading in the ocean for the first time with his aunt Lovisa. I was afraid it would be too cold to go near the water, but it wasn't bad.




Once he figured out how the waves worked, Wesley thought it was great fun to try to outrun them. He would get up close, and then when the wave started coming ashore, he would run squealing all the way back to the wall.













Here is Wesley taking a walk with Grandma.



















Chased by a wave again. Wesley got totally worn out running back and forth.









Squishing the mud in our toes.


















After playing in the waves, it was fun to dig around in the sand. We all got quite dirty:)


















Everyone joined in the work of building sandcastles, mountains, forts, you name it.





















Evan's masterpiece: the biggest mound of sand ever!

Fun Things to do in San Diego

Wesley and I had a chance to go to San Diego for the Easter weekend and spend some time with Grandpa and Grandma Ricks. Here are some of the fun things we discovered.


Here Wesley found a toy that was way too advanced for him, but I had to include the picture because it's so rare these days that I capture a full-blown smile on camera!

Here is my little prodigy on the piano. He would tell us what song to sing and then pretend to accompany us. It was hilarious.






I didn't realize until this trip that Wesley was old enough to actually hold and blow the bubbles. I'm such a freak about messes that I never let him do it before. But my mom had a few little bubble bottles left over from my wedding, and they were perfect for Wesley.












It isn't childhood unless you are allowed to dig in the dirt with Grandpa!









Grandma took Wesley and me to Balboa Park one morning, and we rode a miniature choo-choo train, the carousel, and played at the playground. Here he is enjoying the carousel.



Perhaps Wesley's greatest discovery on this trip was MARBLES! My parents still have quite a few toys leftover from when we were kids including a little contraption for marbles to roll down. Wesley literally spent hours in the family room sending marbles down the chute again and again and again...