Jack's Birthday, Father's Day And A Day At The Beach

What a wonderful weekend we've just had. It was Jack's second birthday on Saturday, how those two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Eleanor and Jacob decided not to throw a party this year but had an open house for family instead. 

Mick and I, along with Daniel and Jasmine, went round in the morning to give Jack his presents. The slide we bought him was a huge success, once he'd opened it there was no counting how many times he was up and down.

As always, books attracted his attention. I'm so pleased that he's a little bookworm, he loves to be read to but he's just as happy to look at a book and turn the pages himself. He got so many presents, he was opening them all day. Jacob's family don't live close by so we left before lunch time so they could spend the majority of the day with him, they don't see him as often as we do. We returned early evening just before they left so that we could spend another hour with him before bedtime.

Yesterday was Father's Day and we spent it with Daniel, Jasmine, Eleanor, Jacob and Jack at Sandsend on the east coast. As we came over the moors it got rather misty and as we arrived on the beach there was a sea fret, or a coastal fog, which occurs when warm air blows over the cold sea causing the moisture to condense into a thick mist. It happens mostly on the east coast of the UK. We couldn't even see the sea.

Sandsend is a small village with a lovely beach about three miles up the coast from Whitby and is popular with fossil hunters. A beck, or small stream, cuts across the sand. You can see steam rising from it in the photo above as the sea fret was clearing and the heat of the sun began to work its magic.

Jack loves the seaside, he's happy digging in the sand, collecting pebbles or playing in the water. The beck is ideal for him as it's shallow and there's no waves to splash him.

It doesn't mean he won't get wet though, that's what becomes of crouching a little too low. Eleanor was well prepared with a change of clothes.

We went off for a little walk. As you can see, it wasn't very busy, I was surprised as it was a beautiful day once the mist lifted.

I think Jack enjoyed his birthday weekend very much and Mick and Jacob enjoyed Father's Day. I certainly enjoyed spending time with my family, such special memories made every time we're together.

I'm going to sign off the blog for a little while now, we shall be going on holiday soon but I will catch up with all your lovely posts on my return.