say goodbye to my clean baby

Lately it seems that Max has been becoming progressively more and more dirty in a shorter amount of time. I knew that boys were dirty creatures, having grown up with four younger brothers, but I guess I just wasn't prepared for the suddenness of the messes. For example, yesterday we went to the beach-Max seems to have gotten over his aversion to sand, which is a good thing-except that it gets everywhere. It starts out all over his hands and then he rubs his eyes-or he will get a little bit in his mouth so the big sandy hand then goes into the mouth and makes so the sand cycle begins.....it makes me crazy because there is no end to the sand-it almost makes it so I can't enjoy being at the beach. It makes me wonder if I am somewhat OCD at times!
Along with the dirtiness of my son he has become more of an explorer or sometimes I would even say he is naughty. He has discovered the excitement of throwing things away. He first discovered this at Barnes and Noble where he suddenly threw away one of the trains from the Thomas train set-not just a normal small garbage can-a big nasty one with a lid-which I had to dig through to retrieve the toy. At home sippy cups, pacifiers, his teddy bear, and anything else he can get his hands on also make it into the trash. Unfortunately, the trash isn't the only target for his throwing-he loves the throwing things intot he toilet as well, when he can get into the bathroom. This sudden outburst of exploration/messes is keeping me busy-in the mean time I am trying to figure out how to better Max-Proof my house, sanitize things, and gain a boat-load more patients!