Life's a Beach

The kids are on spring break and it was a beautiful and windy day. So, we went to their Grandfather's favorite place...the beach. Evidently, in addition to getting the wanderlust gene from their Grandfather (through their Father), they inherited the water gene. The water temperature was a balmy 54 degrees. After 5 minutes I wasn't able to feel my feet. Did the kids let a little thing like that slow them down? I think we all know the answer to that question. So that you know I am not a completely ineffective parent, I did make them get out of the water periodically to warm up.

The boy in his element. I don't know what it is about big holes and kids, but they love them. He was joined by two other boys. They took turns finding "trick ways" to jump into the pit. Needless to say, he was covered head to toe in sand and got a good scrubbing at home.

My little wave catcher.

The kids dug for sand crabs. At first, they were catching them with their hands when a wave broke. After awhile, they decided their shovels would be more efficient.

The white thing on the shovel is a sand crab. They were all over the sand. Once the kids unearthed them with their shovels, they would watch them burrow back into the sand. They are fast little critters.

A nap during the ride home at the end of a long day of play. The brown area around his mouth is left over ice cream. Anyone who knows the boy will not be surprised to see the chocolate. He got chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips and fudge. His philosophy is you can never have to much chocolate.

Walk-a-thon

The girl and boy participated in the school walk-a-thon. Luckily, the rain and hail cleared up before the end of school. The kids started out walking with their individual classes. By the time they passed my post (I was a volunteer) they were holding hands and walking together. The girl had gone to find her brother to walk with him.

The girl walked six miles and the boy walked five. Thank you Grandfather and Mad, Grandma and Grandpa. I bet your glad you didn't sponsor them per mile!

Needless to say, they went to bed early that night and slept like only the young can.

Hail!

That white stuff on the slide is hail. It came down hard for about 10 minutes. Of course, it was the day the girl and boy did a walk-a-thon at their school.