Fair Haven Beach

We stopped at Lake Ontario to swim at Fair Haven beach. Caleb was very excited to swim in one of the great lakes again. The kids loved it too.

We had fun making and smashing sand balls. Unfortunately, we forgot to bring the beach toys, but no worries. Brigham keeps a Thomas Train in hand at all times, and Kaiya is getting to be a pretty good runner and managed to swipe another toddler's yellow shovel. (He He He)

Actually, I think it was an abandoned toy, however I did spend a fair amount of time keeping her out of other people's bags and away from other children's toys.

Brigham loved driving his train through the sand tracks I would make. He soon wanted tunnels and would have fun crashing his train through the sand mounds I would make. He never gave me a chance to complete a tunnel.

I would make the sand balls and then Brigham and Kaiya would try to throw them into the water. Looking back later I realized I had taught Brigham and Kaiya the bad habit of throwing sand. Oops!

The first time Brigham knocks Kaiya down he says "sorry Kaiya;" I thought it was cute. However, the sand throwing is definately on purpose. Not quite as cute.
I suppose Kaiya has learned to accept Brigham's form of brotherly love since she didn't even cry. Maybe we should have aunt Chalan teach her some "Jungle Woman" attack moves. :)

After the beach we walked along the dock. It was fun to watch the ducks, birds, boats and the approaching lightening storm. Yes, while we were there an electical storm began, so they had to close the beach. Luckily we were already soaked, so we didn't mind a little rain. We watched a storm the entire drive home. It was beautiful.