Corona Del Mar

Wednesday we took my sister and her family to Corona Del Mar. It's our favorite beach for various reasons -- the #1 reason being we can pretty much back up to the beach and not have to go far with all our gear. Well worth the $8 parking fee IMO. It was a perfect day for the beach. Probably the best beach day we've had. All 3 kids thoroughly enjoyed the beach, the weather was not hot and not chilly, I didn't have a crawler to hover over, Kael is an accomplished swimmer, Malia enjoys the sand more... and all that meant I was able to enjoy myself.

Starting the moat.

No beach trip is complete without putting the kids to work digging.

Beautiful picture of my niece heading for a dip. But pictures can be deceiving: the water was freezing!!

Not sure if they dug the moat around Taede or if he decided to squat his territory.

Taede helping with the digging. He moved sand from Spot A to Spot B, which was about 4 inches to the right.

The completed moat. The kids did pretty good. Truong added the architectural features of the towers.

'Allo, mate. Want to put a shrimp on the bar-bee?

Amelie enjoying the moat.

Kael and Amelia playing in the freezing cold water. Brrr!!

Ahh... nothing better than squishy, wet sand.