Day at the Beach

We are so lucky to live so close to the ocean, I often forget to enjoy it.  We spent the day at the beach and had a fantastic day!  We drove down to Virginia Beach for the day and survived with all three kids at the beach.  The weather was perfect, the breeze of the ocean was divine, and the smiles on the boys face was worth the hassle of packing and hauling all of the required beach stuff.   Daniel spent the entire 4 hours in the water diving and dodging through the waves.  He even made a friend.  It was a little stressful giving him some independence in the water.  But he did a great job. Ryan didn't really like the waves and water at first.  He finally warmed up to it about half way through our time there.  In the beginning all he wanted to do was play on the playground.  There was a playground on the beach and he was really jazzed about it.  But we needed another adult in order to let him play on it for any length of time.  He did enjoy playing in the sand next to the water and over time he finally warmed up to actually playing in the water.  Today brought back lots of childhood memories for me.  I remember when my family went to the beach my sister and I would spend our entire time playing in the waves.

Eating a little lunch before heading out to the water.