Ok, so I have a lot of updating to do since my last post. I guess the first day to start with would be our first beach trip with Mackenzie.
On July 16, 2011 we took a nice drive down to Sea Girt, NJ. After packing the car and making sure that we had plenty of food, sunscreen and diapers for the baby we hit the road at around 8:30 am. A little over an hour later, we had reached our destination.
First off, I must say that Sea Girt is an absolutely beautiful beach. According to New Jersey magazine it is considered one of the most family friendly beaches, and I can see why. The beach is clean, no trash, no alcohol, no noisy boardwalk, and no rowdy people.
When we first got there, the beach wasn’t too crowded, so we found a nice spot and set up our new tent. I got Mackenzie changed into her bikini and lathered on the sunscreen. We then took a nice walk down to the ocean. At first Kenzie was a little frightened of the crashing waves. But as soon as she realized that after the big boom the water came up to her feet, she was happy. (For those of you who don’t know, Kenzie thinks she’s a little fishy and loves the water). She had a ball! She was jumping around like crazy and smiling everytime the tide went back out and pulled her little legs along with it.
After about a half an hour, we took her back up to the tent to play in the sand for awhile with her new Melissa & Doug sand set. Kenzie played around for quite a bit enjoying the new textures that the sand provided. She even attempted to "stir" the sand with her spoon. After awhile my little princess was ready for her afternoon nap (and so was mommy, lol). So we cuddled up under the shade of the tent with a bottle and went out for a nice cat nap.
Lunch time came not long after, so we took a block and a half walk to a nice little restaurant called the Parker House. It has a nice outside seating area that gives you a nice view of the quiet town of Sea Girt. Their menu offers many great appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and entree's. The food was wonderful! I would definitely recommend it to anyone in the area.
Then it was back to the beach. Let me tell you something…we left our tent, cooler, towels, etc on the beach while eating just to find that everything was still there when we came back. Talk about a safe beach!
It was back down to the water for our little fishy for some more splashing around in the waves. After about a half an hour it was time to walk down the shore to find some shells for Kenzie’s scrapbook. She enjoyed the warm weather and salty air as we found some nice small shells for her scrapbook and some bigger ones to maybe do a shadowbox with. She weaseled in some more time in the water before we went back up to the tent for some more sand play. All in all she loves the beach!
We went back to the Parker House for dinner and had a nice filet mignon for mommy and some bread for Kenzie. After some relaxing out of the sun (as it was steaming out), and a certain little girl falling asleep we all packed into the car and took the drive home. Kenzie took a nice long nap all the way back to the house and woke up nice and refreshed!
In conclusion, Sea Girt is a safe and family friendly beach in a small quiet town. We found the Mackenzie absolutely loves the ocean and playing in the sand! It sounds like we found the perfect beach to take our soon to be two little girls to in the future!
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