Second try at the beach

On Thursday we brought Josh back to the beach to see if he would enjoy a second trip.  All week we've been trying to time his naps right and to avoid the hottest part of the day and all week it has failed.  Either Josh wouldn't nap at the right time or he would nap all afternoon.  Yesterday we decided to just bring him out even though it was around noon and see what happened.  We assumed he would last ten minutes and then we would go inside.

We slathered him and ourselves with sunscreen and went to the beach.  He got cranky pretty quickly and we thought it would be a quick trip.  Margaret decided to feed him to see if that would put him in a better mood.  After feeding him he fell asleep and we successfully transferred him to a blanket under an umbrella to see what would happen.  To our amazement, Josh napped for over two hours on the beach.  This allowed us to get some quality time on the beach (and some quality sun burn).  It was the best combination for us, Josh got a nap and we got to relax on the beach.

When Josh woke up he was in a much better mood and played in the sand a bit.  We tried him in the ocean and he still was not a fan of that.  Maybe next beach trip he will warm up to the ocean but we were very pleased to get a day at the beach with Josh there.

Napping in the shade

Examining some sand