On Saturday we went to Crosby beach, one of our favourite places to go as a family. The sun was shining but there was a cold sea breeze. Any trip to the beach always ends with an ice cream- it's family tradition! Saturday's ice cream eating was the messiest ever! I don't know why, but the ice creams just seemed to melt when you looked at them! We watched some men sea fishing while we ate the ice creams. One bloke caught a huge fish! It was his first time fishing there too (he put it back in the sea). Poor Timmy was rather cold by the time he had finished eating his ice cream. When I got him into his clean, dry clothes back at the car I discovered he had wellies full of water! Anyway, here is what we did at the beach before the ice creams!
The boys got stuck in with digging & filling up their buckets with sand & water looking for shrimps or fish. There were a lot of little streams & pools at the top of the beach. Luke enjoyed standing very still in the water & saying 'I'm a man' (meaning one of the 100 iron men statues that line the coast)!
Timmy spent ages filling his bucket & emptying it again & again. He was so engrossed in doing it that he didn't even realise that his bottom was in the water!
All 3 boys love all the bricks & rubble that line part of the beach. (I think they are from houses that were washed away when the water course was changed further up the coast when the rifle range was built way back in the 1940s. Next time we go on the coastal walk I will read the blurb & find out exactly. I searched on the internet but couldn't find anything). They had fun throwing stones into the sea! Jordan especially loves to build houses with the bricks. He piles them up & then fills in the gaps with sand 'cement'. Luke & Timmy enjoyed helping with this part. Jordan found a brick that was shaped like a boot & said 'This is perfect for the corner!' & it was too!
One of the bricks had the words 'Monk & Newell, Ruabon' on it. It was amazing to see this brick out of the hundreds on the shore because Ruabon is just a few miles from my parents home in Oswestry (you might say it's a stone's throw from their house! LOL!). What is even more amazing is that Monk & Newell closed down in the 1920s! This brick has endured tide after tide for all that time & has survived to tell it's story in 2007!
This picture shows the finished house & it's proud builders!
The highlight of my trip to the beach yesterday was the walk I took with Timmy & Luke to see one of the statues (Man Number 9 to be exact!). They love the iron men statues so much! We are so glad that Sefton Council have granted permission for them to stay on the beach. We walked along the shoreline jumping waves & listening to the sounds of the sea. The boys loved the bubbles & white froth as the little waves edged in. We stood for a good time just watching the statue & the tide rolling in. It was very therapeutic. By the time we had got back to Lee & Jordan the tide was almost at the bleachers & by the time we had visited the toilets & bought ice cream the tide had covered all the sand & the fishermen had cast their lines from the prom & were eagerly awaiting a catch.
On Saturday we went to Crosby beach, one of our favourite places to go as a family. The sun was shining but there was a cold sea breeze. Any trip to the beach always ends with an ice cream- it's family tradition! Saturday's ice cream eating was the messiest ever! I don't know why, but the ice creams just seemed to melt when you looked at them! We watched some men sea fishing while we ate the ice creams. One bloke caught a huge fish! It was his first time fishing there too (he put it back in the sea). Poor Timmy was rather cold by the time he had finished eating his ice cream. When I got him into his clean, dry clothes back at the car I discovered he had wellies full of water! Anyway, here is what we did at the beach before the ice creams!
The boys got stuck in with digging & filling up their buckets with sand & water looking for shrimps or fish. There were a lot of little streams & pools at the top of the beach. Luke enjoyed standing very still in the water & saying 'I'm a man' (meaning one of the 100 iron men statues that line the coast)!
Timmy spent ages filling his bucket & emptying it again & again. He was so engrossed in doing it that he didn't even realise that his bottom was in the water!
All 3 boys love all the bricks & rubble that line part of the beach. (I think they are from houses that were washed away when the water course was changed further up the coast when the rifle range was built way back in the 1940s. Next time we go on the coastal walk I will read the blurb & find out exactly. I searched on the internet but couldn't find anything). They had fun throwing stones into the sea! Jordan especially loves to build houses with the bricks. He piles them up & then fills in the gaps with sand 'cement'. Luke & Timmy enjoyed helping with this part. Jordan found a brick that was shaped like a boot & said 'This is perfect for the corner!' & it was too!
One of the bricks had the words 'Monk & Newell, Ruabon' on it. It was amazing to see this brick out of the hundreds on the shore because Ruabon is just a few miles from my parents home in Oswestry (you might say it's a stone's throw from their house! LOL!). What is even more amazing is that Monk & Newell closed down in the 1920s! This brick has endured tide after tide for all that time & has survived to tell it's story in 2007!
This picture shows the finished house & it's proud builders!
The highlight of my trip to the beach yesterday was the walk I took with Timmy & Luke to see one of the statues (Man Number 9 to be exact!). They love the iron men statues so much! We are so glad that Sefton Council have granted permission for them to stay on the beach. We walked along the shoreline jumping waves & listening to the sounds of the sea. The boys loved the bubbles & white froth as the little waves edged in. We stood for a good time just watching the statue & the tide rolling in. It was very therapeutic. By the time we had got back to Lee & Jordan the tide was almost at the bleachers & by the time we had visited the toilets & bought ice cream the tide had covered all the sand & the fishermen had cast their lines from the prom & were eagerly awaiting a catch. 
6 comments:
Hi guys,great blog Emily,just love jordans house,we love the beach so much too,Neil is at science museum in london today with Leon & the whole school! hope they have had fun,Leons play on fri was brill,his lippy,red cheeks & dress was so funny but guess what, yes i forgot the camera!!have a great week everyone. x x
Really lovely words and evocative pictures today. It's such a pleasure to look at.
God bless you xxxxx
Hello i loved the pictures of the boys on the beach. Its lovely to see them having so much fun.
Wow I love the theme of red through all your photos~the boys' coats go really well with the reds of the sand and bricks! And what a find that red brick was from the 1900's! Archaeologists in the making! Jordan's house is ace and I am very glad too that Sefton Council has agreed to keep the men on the beach! (even though I have only seen them once it is good to know they are still there!)take care. xxx
I love reading about your babies so much!
i really want to go and see antony gormley's iron men... they're so far away though.. hes one of my favourite artists
xx
mum said
I love the last pic of 2 litle men in the same pose as the big one! Send it to Sefton council! x
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