The Cazier Family: Freedom to Run

Spent the day in Cayucos on Friday and had BEAUTIFUL weather...the kids played like crazy and I got to sit and soak up the sun. Probably should have put the sunscreen on from the start and re-applied the girls more than once but it was the first beach day in a long time so I will just say I'm a bit out of practice and am now a nice shade of pink and the girls have little tan lines on their backs and tushies. The big girls were digging and running laps out into the surf...so of course, Harper thinking she was one of the pack, would run out after them. I decided to give her the freedom to run until after the 3rd rescue from impending doom forced me to kick my bod into high gear and sprint out to grab her when a little too much surf was coming in. She wouldn't turn and run back as fast as the big girls did. Who knew I could actually run in my current state? I sure didn't think so. And then I got to enjoy sitting in my wet pants. She has no fear whatsoever and wasn't too keen on sitting in one spot digging in the sand with Samuel. The freezing cold water didn't phase her for long and back out she insisted on going. We finished up the day with dinner at Taco Temple...Kim and I with 4 littles who were a little fried but it ended up less ugly than anticipated. An empty restaurant took the pressure off:) Actually, only our side of the restaurant was empty, so the girls made sure to run, barefoot, giggling, to the other side to say "hi" to the fellow diners...Mama in chase. If Kai doesn't come early after all the running I do after these girls he probably should just stay in where there is peace and quiet! Still trying to figure out how to run after 2 kiddos with a 3rd in my arms. Should make for an interesting summer and heaven help us when he becomes mobile!