First Beach Trip

I was very excited about this first beach trip. I had high hopes. "I hope he likes the sand. I hope he likes the water. I hope he grips his new shovel for a picture." Well, while my hopes were high, my standards were low and good thing! We went shopping 4 times and each time forgot to grab sand toys...we made a special trip to Target on the way there. Oh, don't worry! Peter told me I was ridiculous for "needing" a bucket and shovel for his first trip but I was adamant. Next issue: he was very fussy. Our little bundle of joy gets hot SUPER fast. Their was no way I was getting his bathing suit on him and the blue hat only made it in one picture. I tried. He was great at avoiding the sand and by the end of the hour we were so tired of calming him that we didn't even bother dipping his toe in the water. We had lots of laughs though and had our fair share of wildlife encounters-- a whale and tons of dolphins! We also watched some paddleboarders and I continued debating whether I wanted one or not. Later that night, Peter surprised me with a brand new paddleboard in the garage! Say what?!?! Happy Mother's Day to me!

Tell me the sand toys were not worth the trip to Target??