First time to the beach

First time we have a family gathering at the beach!  Dear and myself brought Cepheus and Calyce to ECP on sunday for a mini gathering with Patsy and her two sons, Ashton and Daryll as well as Angeline with Vince and Kenji and their helper, Catherine.

It was Cepheus first time to the beach and first time playing with sands and building sandcastles.  As he wasnt feeling well the night before and that day itself (he was coughing since saturday night) he did not really enjoy the outing as much as he should as he was extremely tired out.  However, it was a very meaningful outing for the rest of us and we plan to have such events more often in the future.  

I have been very careless in not applying any sunblock lotion for Cepheus and not taking enough care of putting Calyce out of the sun.  Calyce, Dear and myself were actually sunburnt!  whereas Cepheus was a little darker on his arms (lucky he wore long enough pants to cover his legs).  Poor Calyce was having red patches on her cheeks and forehead that freaks me out and i am so guilty over it.  I myself was burnt on the shoulders.  I applied pure aloe vera gel on Calyce face and it seems to be healing faster now.  Although Calyce did not show any discomfort over the redness (probably not as bad as i would have thought) i was still feeling so guilty that i could be so careless in not covering the window of the pram all the times at the beach that results to her 'flushy' cheeks now.  Anyway, we will be more careful in the future certainly, i will make sure Cepheus is also covered with sunblock from head to toe! and we should really avoid going to the beach during the mid day..

oh ya and one of the greatest harvest i have reaped from this trip is a few decent family photos!!