Fun at the beach

Summer is coming, and we are making the most of the occasionally extra warm spring days. We went to one of the local beaches last week, and had a great morning. For those that know the area, we went to Little Beach. For those who don’t know, it is a 600m (half mile) walk from the car park to the beach. It’s a nice walk and the boys enjoyed it. They did not know there would be a beach at the end of the walk, and enjoyed the surprise when the track opened out and they saw the sand and water. Little Beach has a fresh water creek running through the sand, with lots of river stones in the path of the water. It’s fun for the boys to play with the rocks, and we made pools and dams with the rocks.

Ben in the red shirt and hat. Ethan in blue, his hat kept blowing off as it was quite windy.

The 600m (half mile) walk uphill back to the car with two tired hungry boys wasn’t quite as enchanting as the walk down the the beach. Ethan cried for the first 5 mins, but with some clever distraction and education about the trees, bark, plants and animals we saw, the walk was over before we knew it.

In the last part of the walk as they were getting a little whingy again, we played a game of finding flowers and taking pictures with the iPhone. The following are Ben and Ethan’s photos of some wild flowers.  

We are really enjoying this age, and the new adventures we can take now they are just that bit older :)