Sunday, July 10, 2011

A day at the beach

Today we packed our buckets and shovels, sweatshirts, camera and red vines and headed on over to Newport. We went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium first. Bennett actually wasn't all that impressed, he was a little on the cranky side today. But he did say his favorite part of the aquarium was the octopus. Jeff and I both loved the shark tunnel, Casey got a little freaked out at first but then he was just in love with all the big fish. 
We played there for a bit then got lunch and wound up at Agate Beach. If you've never been there, it is WINDY! It's beautiful, but we should have figured there was a reason for the dunes, wind. But we had lots of fun any way, stayed for 3 hours (not long enough for me). The boys loved playing in the water and Casey loved digging his feet down in the sand so they "got stuck". We dug in the sand for a bit, slid down dunes, found a Toy Story kite that we flew for quite a while. Both the boys took turns flying it all by themselves and they got pretty good at it, Bennett could get it up and going all by himself if it crashed. Then it slipped out of Ben's hand and flew away. :( It was pretty sad and lots of tears were shed. 




































I can't wait until next year when I'm completely well. I really want to go camping at the coast. I just love it. The air is so fresh. It sounds lame and cliche but it really renews my spirit, the beach. 
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Raising Cain, The Emotional Lives of Boys. Read it, just do it. It's only 258 pages long and it will change how you view and interact with boys. If you have a boy in your life, whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or friend, you need to read this.
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