bring on the beach

Just posting a couple of pics from our weekend. We headed off to Omaha for a little pre-baby relaxation. The first time we've stayed since Easter, and the last before our new addition. Sand ... beachy breeze ... warm spring sun ... wanders ... skylarks ... board games ... books ... crisp sheets and lazy coffee mornings PLUS Mum's cooking = bliss. We could have stayed for so much longer. Might have to next time...

We are warming up for summer and couldn't be more excited about DAYLIGHT SAVINGS! We've decided that we are going to truly make the most of the beach this year--take the full sunshade and picnic kit and spend hours soaking it up. A couple of strolls, sand castles and the odd swim won't cut it. We're going to go the full hog, baby and all, the way I remember doing when I was a kid. We were real kiwi beach babies: hours swimming, bodyboarding, building elaborate sand creations, tumbling down dunes, picnicing, spread out on beach towels devouring books, BBQs and late night bonfires. I miss it. (Not allowed the bonfires anymore but the BBQs will suffice if we stay long enough to watch the sun go down.)



















A bunch of these photos are Mum's. Ie the ones with that beautiful shallow depth of field thing happening. Like these...














One of may favourite weekend moments was a walk Sophia and I took one evening. Slight drizzle and sun going down. We wandered through the dunes across the paths, through swarms of little midges that didn't bother us. Cool evening breeze and skylarks constantly singing and swooping over head. Just about perfect.

Wish I had taken my camera.



Mum snapped these, though, of Fia and her bud Austin. Austin, wanna come too?--a phrase much used by our little this weekend. :)



















Ahh, how good is it to be a kiwi!?







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