The Waves! The Waves! All the kids loved the waves! The first 30 minutes was filled with high pitched shouts of joy as the kids stood in the crashing waves tossing them about the beach. They all learned to ride the wave, which was even better since you could avoid the wave breaking on top of you and throwing you to the shore. After a few face plants and one struggle to keep swim shorts out of the under toe the deeper waves became our preferred ocean space.
Of course the beach is never complete with out a few holes dug and a few sandcastles built.
A few highlights...
Taatjes riding his Orca in the waves when we first arrived. Although he was supposed to wait for the adults his "I live in my own head full of adventure" kicked in and he was off, in the surf, riding his Orca, screaming, wild eyed, overcome with joy! (No pics since the adults were rather terrified with his excursion, which caught them quite off guard.)
Trey had spent a good hour collecting sea shells in a bucket when a wave came crashing down on him emptying his bucket of every precious shell. Oh the tears that came! He felt his entire sea shell collection; of such great importance to him for future show and tell days; was lost forever. Once we were able to get him to open his tear filled eyes and see the many other shells waiting to be collected, the hunt continued.
Teague loving every bit the ocean had to offer...as long as dad was with in reach:) Didn't enjoy being thrown around a bit by himself on the shore. But, jump into dads arms to be thrown and knocked down; this is something to laugh and shriek about. Poor Justin and his knees. Holding a "solid" 3 yr old in the waves and trying to keep your balance is not possible. His knees took a beating. I think his little boys laughter helped him push through and come up laughing with him.
Greer conquering her fear of loud crushing waves! She started the day crying at the sight and sound of them. After a few swims with dad she was able to walk around by herself next to the same loud crushing waves. Back to her rough and tumble self.
Becca was wave rider extraordinaire! Her body literally morphed into a dolphin, or so it looked to me as she navigated the waves with delight and ease. She could have spent the whole day diving, jumping, and surfing out there. But we needed her digging abilities to build sand castles too:)
The Beach Crew
Ice Cream in Mystic - a fav pic
Thanks Ian and Alyssa for making my Ocean Dreams come true!
