Gabriel has been asking to go to the beach lately so we finally went to the beach on new year's day. we kind of started the tradition of going to the beach on new year's day in 2013 when we took Gabriel to the beach for the first time. we went to Clovelly beach and he loved it. we couldn't go to the beach on new year's day 2014 because i was having the worst morning sickness. it was nice to be able to continue this tradition this year and i foresee us spending the next new year's day (and the next and the next) at the beach again.
the last time we went to the Balmoral beach was last winter when i was pregnant with Charlotte. i wanted to check out the boat house and when we got there, we realised it's quite a nice beach with gentle waves for kids. plus, it's only 30 minutes from home.
it was Charlotte's first beach outing. she was too young to build any sand castle or chase any waves but i think she had a great time. as for Gabriel, he had a ball. as Jim was setting up the beach tent, he got right into building sand castles and filling his trucks with sand. he must have been really looking forward to going to the beach. what's not to love for a three year old? a giant sand pit and a massive pool.
after he's done with building his sand castle, Jim took him to chase some waves and check out the rock pools. when he came back to the tent, he told me he wants to take Charlotte to check out the rock pools. he also told me when Charlotte is older, she can go into the water with him. i hope he'll continue to adore and look after his little sister like he is now.
i remember when we first took him to the beach, he was not scared of the water or getting sand all over himself at all and i'm glad he hasn't changed. he is certainly getting more and more independent as he happily walk to the edge of the water as i follow behind him.
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