The Nelson Four: Beach

Monday, September 4, 2017

Weekend at the Coast

This summer we got away to the Central Coast with our family and it was so much fun! My parents have a house at the coast with beautiful views and we just love going there. These 3 cousins sure love hanging out together.

These two girls are only 7 months apart and love being together.

And of course, they LOVE their Bepa!

We spent time at the San Luis Obispo Children's Museum. This was our second time there and it is just a blast! The museum is 3 floors and includes an outside play area too.

Who doesn't love a little kinetic sand?

Can you make an earthquake proof building?

The third floor has trains, so that is always a fun place to spend time. This table is so neat, there are holes in the middle so the kids can pop through and play.

Music time.

The second floor has a ton of dress-up costumes and role playing activities.

These girls found the only 2 purple princess dresses.

Next to the costumes is a stage and a puppet show area too.

This time, we explored the little restaurant and the kids had a blast serving us food and cleaning up afterwards.

Playing Doctor.

*not the ideal way to weigh a baby.....

After the museum, we had lunch and went to the beach. My dad LOVES building sandcastles and it is always so fun to watch him do it with the little ones.

Amatchi and the grandkids

Sisters

For some reason, I left the kids' swimsuits in the car thinking the water would be too cold....oops. They didn't seem to mind.

We even explored a few caves.

The finished product!

Sunday was a little less busy. A little bit of coloring with Color Wonder- MY FAVE!! and then off to the playground.

We had so much on this trip and cannot wait to head over to the coast again. Big thanks to my parents for hosting all 7 of us, we all had a great time!

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Throwback Thursday- Central Coast October 2016

Last weekend we packed up the kiddos for a fun-filled weekend at the coast with my parents. I LOVE that living in Central California allows for easy trips to many places in California. It takes less than 3 hours to get to the beach, and it is such an easy drive. Pismo Beach, CA is the main spot for central californians to spend time at the beach. We has to run a quick errand before we left and got to see lots of pumpkins. Chloe was just barely one at Halloween last year so I am excited to have her really experience it this year.

We made it to the coast around dinner time, just in time to hang out on the deck and do some whale watching. After dinner, it was time for trains, of course!

Saturday morning we went over to the Home Depot in SLO for the Kids Workshop. See more here.

My parents' beach house has this cute park with a lot of green space nearby. We spent time there on Saturday and Sunday.

After lunch, we made our way to the Beach. It was very windy, but the kids LOVED it and spent about 2 hours playing in the waves.

My dad is FAMOUS for his sand castles and he is passing his love for it on to the little ones.

Just down the shore from us was A TON of kitesurfers.

The view from my parents' deck- LOVE IT!

We found another park near their house, Chumash Park. It has 2 great play structures, swings, a basketball court, walking trails and more!

My dad loves a good playground, too!

We also made a visit to the San Luis Obispo Children's Museum. Don't little ones just LOVE hands-on activities. This place has it all- Dinosaurs, Trains, Magnets, Fish, Costumes, Outdoor Play, Legos, and SO MUCH MORE!

This table had the coolest sand- very similar to cloud sand- that could be moved and stacked and the overhead projector showed the topography of what you did with the sand.