Starting Beach Season

Beach season does start pretty early for us Southern California residents, but nothing could make me happier. I love warm days, sunshine, and most of all.... the beach. My son takes after me in liking the beach and he often asks to go. If we pass a beach and he doesn't get to play, he gets quite upset. Today was a fun adventure to Zuma beach to enjoy the nice weather. But, I'd prefer to go when I wasn't feeling largely pregnant. Only about 2 and 1/2 months to go, I have so much large ahead of me.

We joined my friend and her two kids for a fun day in the sun. We all had a great time. The kids wore themselves out. My son chased birds most of the time, which was hard because he'd get to far and I couldn't get up to run after him. My friend helped me loosen the slack on how far he ran assuring me she'd get him if he went to far. It was towards the water that worried me most, of course, but he was pretty good about just going side to side.

We picked up a nice toy pack at Target to play with and that occupied the kids for a while too. Only $10 there. As we've always done at the beach we packed a lunch and snacks. Also, I had my must haves for the beach bag there with us.

• sunscreen (in our case chemical free)
• Wet Ones wipes (to disinfect)
• baby powder (to get the sand off, great for before lunch)
• a change of clothes for my son
• baby wipes (for those dirty and understocked bathroom trips)

Very much looking forward to a summer full of the beach, and not so full of pregnancy.