Memorial Day Weekend

I've got lots of new pictures to add. We spent Memorial Day Weekend at Cannon Beach. The weather was really nice for a change so we got to spend a lot of time at the beach. Alex is all about walking now. He doesn't really crawl much anymore. His other favorite activity is to throw things. He's got a pretty impressive arm for an 18 month old. He's better with his right hand, but he also throws lefty. His grandpa (Saba) was pretty impressed with his skills after Alex hit him in the chest with a ball from a pretty good distance.

We've been dogsitting Oden who's an English Bulldog for our friends who are in Iceland. Alex loves Oden and thinks he's hilarious. He follows him around the house and pets him very gently.

During low tide at the beach, there are lots of cool critters to look at. Here, Alex was checking out different starfish.

Since it was one of the lowest tides of the year, Jess's dad and I went clam digging for razor clams (Action shot above). If you don't know what they are, razor clams are enormous clams that live in beaches along the West Coast. They are really tasty. After a brief lesson from a local on all of the things we were doing wrong, we caught about 20 clams, cleaned them (thanks You Tube for the lesson) and cooked them for dinner. They were really good.

To find the clams, you have to look for a small airhole in the ground and then dig down from it. One of the holes that Jess's dad found turned out to actually be a crab. We were a bit shocked when the pincher jumped out of the ground. Here's our friend. Unlike the clams, we set him free.

More Alex cuteness. Shortly after this, he discovered the ocean. He didn't care that the Pacific is cold in the NW and I had to drag him away from it. He is fearless. He just kept charging as fast as he could towards the water (laughing the whole time).