What says summer like hanging at the beach. And, while I’m not a beach person myself, I know at least one little munchkin who loved it from the get go. For this week’s 52 Snapshots of Life photo challenge, the theme is Summer. I came across this picture I took a while back. It was Sophie’s first time at the beach – first time! Can you tell how much she loved it?

I don’t know if other people’s dogs do this, but both Sophie and Jasper dig their noses into the sand and try to bury their faces in it, especially Jas. They are so excited to be there, it’s like they want to take in every molecule of the experience, and that means rolling around, digging, the works. I spend a good deal of time picking sand out of their eyes, in their baths that follow the beach. Ew! It doesn’t seem to bother them, though. Continue reading