Catching up!

Two weeks ago (yes, we are a little late with this post), we decided to jumpstart the summer with a little trip to the beach. We had considered going on Memorial Day, but because we planned it late, the places were already booked or too expensive. So Noah took a day off work and we made our own three-day weekend. Yes, we beat the crowds and the crazy summer prices, but we also got to the beach before the warm, sunny weather.

Here is Calvin checking out the beachview from our hotel, and getting excited about the cool kids' pool below. This is also the last time we saw the sun that weekend:


I should say that we didn't beat all the crowds though. Somehow, in all of our infinite planning, we missed the fact that it was also Classic Car Weekend at OC. This meant that there was a population of nomads who came to the beach to either show off their cool cars, or to stand on the street, drink beer, and watch them go by. Apparently, one of the main goals at these sorts of events is to cheer the drivers on, urging them to spin out their tires. So everyone once in a while, someone would indulge the crowd and large squeals and plumes of black smoke would follow. Yes, it was pretty much a 5-year-old boy's dream come true. For us, it was both really cool and really cheesy. But I guess that's what you kind of want from your trip to the beach.


Calvin and his favorite green truck:


We have A LOT of pictures of the various vintage cars, mainly because Calvin kept begging me to take photos. He was trying to match up the cars to some of the ones in his Hot Wheels collection. (There were a lot of similarities, actually.) The picture below is my favorite, though, because Calvin took it. So it is a classic car show from a 5-year-old's perspective. What better way to see it?




We also took the kids on a little drive to the beach at Assateague. It was not your traditional beach weather. No sunny sky or warmth for us. But the cold and fog was kind of cool, and made for a quiet, introspective day at the beach.

V enjoying the ride:

Bridge to nowhere:



The ocean is out there...somewhere:



There were other people there, but you just couldn't see them. Kind of like having the beach and the ocean to ourselves:





Later, there were fun games along the boardwalk:


Noah sketching a picture of his boy at a local BBQ joint:


Kinda looks like him, huh?



And while everyone else was heading back to school and work on Monday, we were... playing mini-golf:


Champions' pose: