"My Heart is Overwhelmed with Excitement!"

That is what I heard from the backseat as we were driving to the beach yesterday. And I think Tanner's anticipation was not in vain, as everyone had a great day at the beach!
Back in December, our school group won a pizza party at the Discovery Cube Museum's Gingerbread Contest. So, we scheduled our pizza party (which was at a pizza place in Santa Ana) and then headed to the beach. It was raining at home so I figured we wouldn't last long at the beach, but it turned out to be absolutely beautiful.

The kids built a giant sand castle that kept them busy for literally hours.

The three amigos were all cute on the blanket, but one of them hopped up and ran away as soon as he saw the camera coming shouting "No pictures!" It is so hard being such a cute four year old with a paparazzi mom.

We also stopped by my sister-in-laws new place in Tustin. Now all of Ladd's siblings live in So. Cal. We are so glad they are closer now and a little jealous that they are like 15 minutes from the beach! So fun!

Egg Drop Contest

On Wednesday we had an egg drop experiment at the park. Tanner's egg, wrapped in clay, then a diaper, then placed snugly in a plastic container with a plastic bag as a parachute survived all the drops!

Hunter was very adamant about doing his egg with no help. He put waxed paper in a plastic container and also used a plastic bag for a parachute. The wax paper didn't protect the egg as well as Hunter had hoped. He was heart broken when his egg cracked on the first drop.
Luckily Suzanne, who is always prepared for anything, presented Hunter with a scrambled egg award and all was well.

Showing off his award-Peeps to the rescue!