Ahhh, beach season starts again!

Today was forecast to be clear, sunny and in the upper 60s, so the boys and packed a lunch and headed to the beach. It only got better from there. There was an ever so slight breeze and the temps were in the 60s when we got there and upper 70s by the time we left after lunch. We pretty much had the beach to ourselves, it was just a wonderful morning.
The boys did lots of digging in the sand:

Exploring the beach:
And both of them even got brave enough to dip their toes in the water:

Although Quincy didn't understand to pull up his pants and ran quickly away from the water after getting more wet than he wanted, the upside is he stayed well away from the water after that, so I didn't have to worry. Miles on the other hand, made sure his pants were up high well before he got close to the water:

House of sick

Our house has been full of sickies this week. All four of us, but it seems the boys got something different than Mike and I, which is good, since ours is still going on and theirs was short-lived. But they did get all the perks of being sick: cuddle time with Mom, days off from school, and extra tv and couch time.

As they started feeling a bit better and were back to eating a little, they even got to use some trays and eat while watching tv:
Apparently feeling a bit better than I realized, as they are truly enjoying the tv show:

And hamming it up for the camera:

Horsing around

Having a houseful of boys means there is always a lot of horsing around, but this time, at least, the horsing around is all in the family.

And when I say all in the family, Daddy is the horse:

Quincy is holding on by holding the back of Miles's shirt, see how Miles is starting to get choked?!:

Ahh, Quincy is finally holding onto Miles the right way:
And here goes Quincy, but he's got a good grip on Miles and he is taking him down with him:

Some riding

The other day the boys decided to go for a ride around the block. Quincy on the biggest scooter we have, and Miles on the tricycle.
Quincy did end up needing quite a bit of help, he kept giving up and trying again, and finally gave up long before the end of the ride. But bless him for trying.

A new park

Yesterday was another warm, spring-like day. The boys and I went to a park in town that was new to us. There is no playground there, but an historical house and outbuildings, as well as several miles of well laid out trails through woods and marshes. The boys were very excited to go hiking and exploring.

There were lots of wooden bridges over water and marshes/wetlands. Here we are heading out over a very long bridge that took us over some marshland. The boys loved going over the bridges and were fascinated by the marshes. By the end of the day I finally convinced Miles that they were called marshes and not martians.

Miles did quite a bit of running through the trails:

Not Quincy:

Here we are on a dock that juts out over wetlands that are part of the local river:

We came upon these benches and the boys felt they needed to rest:

Finally time to break for a picnic lunch:

On a little island:
All in all a great morning. I didn't look at the trail maps until we came back for lunch, and it turns out we hiked about 2 miles total. No wonder they were so worn out! But they loved and can't wait to go back.

Miles's book of feelings

Miles did this at school the other day. He did all the writing and drawing on his own, he was especially proud of the last page.

A taste of spring

Yesterday the weather was beautiful! In the 60s, sunny and dry. And we are supposed to have weather like this off and on all week, yay! I just know I'm going to get spoiled and be rather unhappy when colder weather returns. So yesterday the kids and I took advantage of the warm day and went to the playground and zoo. We were there for several hours, and they still cried when it was time to leave.

A little rock climbing:
Quincy climbing the rope ladder:

Watching the otters play in the zoo:

Back to the playground:

A couple of worn out boys taking a rest in the middle of the playground:

Ahh, I love warm weather!