We headed to the local beach on Tuesday – which also had a playground. We had the beach all to ourselves.

beach slide

beach slide

The kids were excited to play in the water which is calm and warm …

runing to the water

Mark set up some shade contraptions and much of the day was spent critiquing the design … they did protect us a bit.

Shade thingys

Elsie and Niko hunted a seagull …

Seagulls

And everyone knows that Sand Jumping is a fun sport

San Jumping

water

Finally it was time for some rough housing in the water with the dads …

spin

Niko jump

Elsie Jump