A Day at the Beach

I have been wanting to take the kids to the beach since Sadie was a toddler. I really wanted to go last summer, but we never made it. I'm so glad that we made the effort this summer--it was as perfect as I imagined it! We went to North Avenue Beach in Chicago. I can't wait to take my kids to the ocean one day, but for this point in our lives--this was perfect (I believe Marc's comment as we were leaving was "Could you imagine doing this every day for a week--that would NOT be a vacation!") Although it was an exhausting (and very sandy) experience, I wouldn't have changed a thing!

This is one of Macey's faces--she does it a lot! She had a great time--she ate her lunch in the stroller, but she wasn't too interested in taking a nap in the stroller like I wanted her to.

We packed a picnic lunch--the kids loved it. I'm pretty sure that they both ate a lot of sand!

The water felt chilly to me, but it didn't slow them down at all--Sadie was so excited to jump the waves and play in the water.

The kids also had a great time playing in the sand. Kinnick loved filling the bucket with sand and dumping it. Sadie was interested in building a sand castle and she loved watching what other people were building in the sand.

We had a great view of the skyline!

While we were waiting for Marc to get clean clothes out of the car, the kids had a wrestling match in the sand--it was so funny! They were both completely covered.