"If you don't like the weather...

...in New England, just wait a few minutes."
Mark Twain

Yes. Yes, that is very true.

Here we were on March 8th, in New Hampshire, our very first walk on the beach in 2009 (60ºF):





Here we are on March 10th, in New Hampshire (yes, that would be the very next day):





And now...here we are on April 28th, only a little more than a month later. The hottest day I think I have ever spent on a beach ANYWHERE, let alone in New Hampshire...in April. 90 degrees of heat. No lie.

The kids were so dang excited...which of course meant that Soren awoke at 5:30am. So...I decided to make some muffins...which took way longer than I expected them to (long story not worth repeating) which made for a very looong morning for the kids. While I was running around trying desperately to find summer clothes for me to wear, get dressed, make a lunch, clean up the major mess in the kitchen, find sun block, towels, extra clothes, etc..etc...etc.... This is what my kids were doing:
gathering toys from the sand box


chatting in the car...for almost two hours....

5 hours later....(from the 5:30am wake up to the 10:30am arrival)... Soren did not waste ANY time running into the water. Water that would probably be ice if it were still.

But he loved every freezing droplet of it. Anna Clara did not.

CUTE STORY MOMENT: Anna Clara was playing with a watering can sand toy and wanted it filled with water. Soren was covering himself with sand having a grand ole time. She asks him to get her some water. Without hesitation, he gets up and gets his lil sis some water. How's that for a perfect big brother???? Let's hope it continues when he gets REALLY big....

My beach babe:



Happy, happy day at the beach. Only a day, but a GREAT day. Now it's back to 50 and 60 degree weather. Welcome to New England!!