The Cove

We took a family outing to La Jolla Cove one Sunday afternoon and we had a blast. Max of course loved the ocean -- especially the slippery rocks with lots of jagged edges (those were mom's favorite, too -- RIGHT). The water was freezing but he wanted to walk right in and go for a swim. But this is one of our favorite family things to do together.

We had one incident with Max slipping and falling on the rocks because he insisted that he could walk out into the water by himself without any hand-holding. Of course he's crazy and we didn't let him, but he did slip and fall sending him into a torrent of tears, sand and fury that 1. we let him fall, 2. we did not let him swim by himself, and 3. how dare we try to calm him down away from the water and make him sit in the sand and dig with a shovel. At least I got to snap this cool picture while things were cooling down.

This rock is shaped like pants.