Seaside 2013
We headed to Seaside for our annual week-before-Labor-Day beach trip and had the best time! It really was such a great day spent together as a family.
We'd let the older boys run ahead to get to the water while Jake and I carried things behind. When we finally arrived at our spot to set up the chairs, etc. we found a fun message written in the sand. Apparently Daniel had taken a few moments to express his feelings about being there before heading off into the waves:
Check out Daniel's wave-jumping on the left there. I'm so glad I caught that!
Then off to the aquarium. It's right there on the beach so we just walked over. Caden was trying to get the fish to "bite" his finger here:
That greenish blob Caden is staring at is actually a sizable octopus:
Among other things, you can see Jake's poor sunburnt neck in this shot:
Notice Caden's retracted hands; he'd just touched something slimy and was feeling skittish. Jake is trying to reassure him it's fine but he wasn't buying it:
Lucas, however, was totally okay with it!
Joshua's got a crab crawling on his hand, there:
This is the Lewis & Clark monument overlooking the beach at Seaside. Joshua studied all about Lewis & Clark and the Oregon Trail during 4th grade and was excited to have his picture taken here:
We did so much more than the beach and aquarium, there is so much to do in Seaside and we really packed it in! But I didn't get pictures of any of the rest -- too busy having fun!
We'd let the older boys run ahead to get to the water while Jake and I carried things behind. When we finally arrived at our spot to set up the chairs, etc. we found a fun message written in the sand. Apparently Daniel had taken a few moments to express his feelings about being there before heading off into the waves:
Check out Daniel's wave-jumping on the left there. I'm so glad I caught that!
Then off to the aquarium. It's right there on the beach so we just walked over. Caden was trying to get the fish to "bite" his finger here:
That greenish blob Caden is staring at is actually a sizable octopus:
Among other things, you can see Jake's poor sunburnt neck in this shot:
Notice Caden's retracted hands; he'd just touched something slimy and was feeling skittish. Jake is trying to reassure him it's fine but he wasn't buying it:
Lucas, however, was totally okay with it!
Joshua's got a crab crawling on his hand, there:
This is the Lewis & Clark monument overlooking the beach at Seaside. Joshua studied all about Lewis & Clark and the Oregon Trail during 4th grade and was excited to have his picture taken here:
We did so much more than the beach and aquarium, there is so much to do in Seaside and we really packed it in! But I didn't get pictures of any of the rest -- too busy having fun!
posted by Leslie | 8:31 AM
2 Comments:
Fantastic fun! Thanks for the photos- lots of great action.
I loved studying Lewis and Clark too- I just didn't do it until I grew up!
Tracy, me either! But living here in Oregon they do it as part of their curriculum on state history. It seems it was a pretty big historical event around here ;)
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