A Day at the Beach... in January!

Our way down the hill to the water!

We sometimes get these fluke warm spells, called Santa Ana's, and I love it! It was a perfect 80 degrees with a light breeze. I dropped everything I should be doing and took the kids to the beach! We picked Jayne up from preschool with the car loaded and lunch packed and had a GREAT afternoon. We just went to the beach down the street from our house and it was so perfect! Last summer (ok, it was just a few months ago) I didn't let Ryan really get in the sand cause he was still little and not totally sitting up or crawling great. Now he's almost 1 and he LOVED the sand. He sat there playing in the sand the entire time we were there. He used his little shovel and got sand all over him. He touched it, tasted it (only once and didn't like it), threw it up in the air, and wiggled his toes in it. It was so cute to watch. We all needed some sun after being sick most of December and November with colds. What a perfect day!

Throwing the sand over his shoulder

His one taste test

They are de-sanded and waiting to go

He looks like a big boy! And yes, we turned his seat around about a month early. He weighs enough and legs so long he didn't fit great turned around. He LOVES getting to watch the movies with Jayne now and see me while driving.

First Dentist Visit and Cavity

Jayne had her first visit to the Dentist. She did great! But they found 2 small cavities in her big molars so we had to get them filled. She was a trooper! She hated having a numb lip, but otherwise did fantastic. It was a pediatric dentist and she watched Kung Fu Panda on the TV on the ceiling the entire time, but she was very brave and didn't cry. I know it must have hurt having her mouth all stretched out. Here's to hoping for no more cavities in her baby teeth!

Gotta Love CA

It's been freezing cold ( in the 30's at night and only 60's during the day) and we've even had some rain. We've actually had to get out coats and mittens (at least in the mornings and evenings). I know, pretty funny. We are totally spoiled and frankly, I love it! I like to visit snow, but don't want to deal with it. I like a little bit of cold and having to get jackets on and such, but not for too long. It's supposed to be in the high 70's this week. I can't wait. We're ready again! We found a new beach(to us) called Salt Creek, just a few miles down the street from our house. The day we went down there to explore, we caught the most beautiful sunset. This was 2 days after Christmas and one of the most beautiful evenings and sunsets I've seen anywhere. We can't wait to go back to this beach often for walks, playing, sunsets and sunshine. Moments like this almost make it worth all the boat-loads of extra money, poor schools, and worst traffic in the country to live here :-) And yes, that's Catalina Island right behind us in the picture below. You could see it so clearly, no fog or smog!

The walk down the hill to the sand.