First Beach Day of the Year

You would think that St. Patrick's Day would be too cold to go to the beach, seeing as it's in the middle of March.  But this year, you'd be wrong.  It was almost 85 degrees here on the lovely South Carolina coast, so we took advantage of it and took the kiddos to the beach.  We had to make a stop by Wal Mart first because I had yet to buy Taylor a bathing suit for this year and both kids needed some beach shoes so their feet didn't get cut up on the shells.  There is a really beautiful beach about 40 minutes away from our house, but we didn't really want to drive that far because we didn't know how long we'd be able to stay.  So we chose to go to the other beach that's only about 10 minutes away.  The only downside to that beach is that it is muddy when the tide is out and there are lots and lots of shells, so it makes it difficult for the kids to walk around barefoot without worrying that they're going to cut their feet on one.

Last year, Hunter was only 6 months old at the start of beach season, so I honestly had no idea how he would like the water this year.  It became clear about a minute after we got there because he trotted right out into the water after his sister and sat down and played for almost 2 hours! 

Taylor kept wanting Daddy to walk with her out into the water along the shore:

Hunter decided he wanted to help Daddy fish:

Taylor kept filling her bucket with water and sand, but by that point it was too heavy for her to lift, so we had to help her dump it out and start over again, haha:

Hunter chilling out with Mommy for a little while.  I think he got a little chilly sitting in the water for so long, haha:

Me and Marcus:

Hunter finally gave it up at almost 3 pm, only 2 hours past his normal naptime, haha:

I can't wait to post more pics of these silly kiddos playing at the beach this summer!  Hopefully this warm weather is here to stay!!  :)