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Beach Day, Cont.

Our mini-vaca is coming to an end tomorrow, so we wanted to make the most of our last day in Maine. We ate an early dinner and then headed to Ogunquit Beach which we definitely wanted to see before going back to Boston.

If you're going to visit these big beaches with little kids in tow, the way to go is to visit after dinner when parking is both free and aplenty. We got a front row parking spot and were able to enjoy the beach without the masses.


Daddy and Zoe headed straight out to enjoy the waves from a sandbar. Zoe LOVED the waves!



Silas & I stayed back to watch.



Silas takes a little longer to warm up to new "adventurous" things these days, but eventually he headed out to see the waves with Daddy.



Zoe loved the beach and loved the water and romped around with the seagulls.


This picture is my favorite and the one I will always remember from this day.


Around 7:30pm we literally had to drag them off the beach kicking and screaming :(  They were soaking wet and got stripped down to their diapers before we got in the car. Thankfully we had a 15 minute drive back to the hotel and everyone was calmed down and happy by the time we got here.


Night-night!




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