Now, today is the day we really got serious about the beach! We were on the beach at 10:00 and it was a BEAUTIFUL day!! We got our tent set up and we were ready to go. I'll have to be sure to post a picture of our tent. It's a lot of work, but I think it's the only way we can spend so much time on the beach. Poor Steve, he's the one that has to drag the tent AND the overloaded wagon all the way to the beach and back. I'm sure he's looking forward to the day that I'm not either pregnant or carrying a baby. OH YEAH......that will be NEXT summer!! :) Kaeli and Paige are now finally at an age where they can help. They carry their own backpack of toys over all by themselves! The new rule is that if they can carry it they can take it. This stops them from wanting to take everything they can throw at us.
So, the day was terrific! Nice breeze off the ocean, water temp was perfect, and the air temp was just right. The girls are just amazing now! They LOVE the water and the waves. It's hard to believe Kaeli was terrified of the ocean until she was about 3. But, I'm also very proud to say that both Kaeli and Paige seem to know their limits and don't go too far out. Ryan enjoys the ocean, too. He doesn't mind the waves, but he also doesn't go too far out. The funniest thing is that he doesn't get terribly upset if he goes under. The tide was coming in today so the waves got a little rough even close to shore. Ryan lost his balance a couple of times and went completely under. He came up laughing each time! Of course, me being me, I did practically dive in after him once. Steve even got that on video and I'm looking forward to seeing how silly I look diving in to save my son from probably less than a foot of water! Not only that, but I had AJ in my arms. In my defense, I think it's an instinctual reaction after raising Kaeli. If she had gone under at his age, she would head back to the tent and not go near the water again for the whole week. She would have been traumatized.
AJ was just too cute! Not too long ago he was slightly scared of the sand and the ocean. We could plop him down in a little hole at the edge of the surf and he wouldn't move. He would just splash in the little bit of water for a LONG time. Actually, he did that pretty much the first half of today. But, then he got pretty comfortable. After that, he just looked like a little sand monster. He would take off crawling through the sand and it didn't phase him a bit! He'd get his hands wet, stick them in a pile of dry sand, and then stick his hands straight into his mouth. It didn't phase him! I kept trying to keep him from eating too much sand, but then I realized it was a lost cause. I just couldn't keep up with him. He's still not too crazy about the waves, but he certainly seems to LOVE the beach!
Oh, and I will also be posting a picture of my trenches to save our camp from the rising tide. I'm thinking that if only I had been in New Orleans with a child-size plastic shovel, Hurricane Katrina wouldn't have caused all that damage! :) I'm going to submit the picture to President Bush and ask if I can be named head of Homeland Security. I also saved a few other beach-goers behind us and they were very grateful. I have no idea why, but I actually ENJOYED digging all those trenches. The kids also loved playing in them.
We got the kids home by 3:00 so that the little guys could have naps. We rested for a few hours, had dinner, and went to bed.
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