"Daddy Dar Care" Day 3

Daddy Day Care week comes to and end and what a pleasurable week it has been. Yesterday was a trip to the seaside to make the most of the fading summer. Another few weeks time and opportunities to play on the beach will be few and far between for another 8 months. Before hitting the beach we took a quick walk around the arcades to play some penny machines and have a go on the little kiddie ride-ons. Brandon could not be parted from his little money pot full of 2p pieces. Joshua was running around singing the theme tune from the American Apprentice series, "money, money, money, money".

Everyone who knows Joshua knows just how much he loves his neh nah's.

And driving cars...........

And just about anything else that moves...........

Here is Brandon on a Bob The Builder ride-on.

After the arcades it was off to the beach to play in the sea and sand and then have a picnic. Initially both boys were just picking up stones and shells and throwing them into the water.

It wasn't long before Joshua decided to get his feet wet.

Then his legs, and before long he was in up to waist height.

Brandon enjoyed playing with the buckets and watering cans. More often than not the bucket of water would end up tipped over himself.

We even took there little beach dumper trucks to fill with sand and water.

After all the activity Joshua's belly soon started rumbling so out came the picnic blanket. Boy had I forgotten the joys of taking a picnic on the beach and ending up with mouthfuls of sand in every bite. I guess that is why they call them "sand"wiches.

Matters were not made any easier when Brandon grabbed a spade full of sand and flicked it all over the picnic blanket and our food.

Here is a nice picture of both the boys have their beach picnic.

In the afternoon it actually started to get quite hot and Joshua was often cooling down in the water.

The left over lunch was fed to the seagulls and as you can see from this picture Joshua managed to attract quite a few of the birds around him.

We also dug a big long trench running down to the sea and then both boys took it in turns to fill the trench with water using their buckets.

Its great to watch the two boys playing together o the beach. Fortunately I remembered to take two of everything so there was no fighting.

And how do you know when both the boys have had an exciting, fun filled and tiring day. Easy - they are both in the land of nod within minutes of setting off for the journey home.