Day at the beach! Part I

Despite a side-trip to Firestone to repair a tire (had a giant screw stuck in it causing a slow leak), we had a lovely day at Venice Beach! Paul played on the slide again at the playground, then we headed off to the beach, proper.

Daddy made a valiant effort to spread out our beach blanket, er, bed sheet. . .
Paul is equipped for sand play thanks to a very kind mom at the playground who had an extra shovel and cup (may her good karma return to her 10-fold).
The ocean is so very. . .
. . .very big.
Paul still does not like the water on his feet - to be fair, it was pretty cold. . .