Hanging out at the Beach

We decided to take the day in between SeaWorld and Legoland to relax at the beach. It was fun that you could walk across the street to get to the ocean, but we spent most of our time at the bay. The kids loved playing in the calm water, without the scary waves crashing at their feet. (Although they were pretty brave with the ocean waves, as long as their hand was clutching ours ;)


Here is a picture of Mission Bay as you walk outside of our hotel. They would even bring lunch right to you on the beach!

We rented a powerboat so we could ride around and explore Mission Bay. There is nothing I love more than being on a boat, with the cool wind blowing. The boys were statues, looking around in awe but not moving a muscle. I guess they were scared of falling in! At one point, Adam had to go to the bathroom so he jumped in the water. Jacob started screaming (he apparently thought Adam couldn't swim or would get eaten by a shark, leaving us to fend for ourselves :)


There was a carnival on the beach just a mile from our hotel. On Tuesday nights, all of the rides were half-price so we went to check it out.
Jacob will go on any scary ride imaginable, but he WILL NOT ride a horse on the carousel. How crazy is that? He chooses the seat everytime! At least another little boy his age felt the same way and they talked the entire ride. ;)
We couldn't figure out why Gavin was crying until we saw that Jacob wasn't letting him ring the bell.