Beach Fun

The kids were intimidated by getting in the ocean at first and mostly just enjoyed pretending the water was chasing them.

My beach cuties.....

The shells are right where the waves crest, so Daddy was holding their hands to help them bend down and pick up their finds.

Hi Collin!

After several trips getting them used to the water, the big kids got brave enough to start swimming (in their floaties) without us holding them. (The water is incredibly mild.) Here's Benjamin running to proudly tell his Daddy that he swam in all by himself!

Anna was so surprised by her ability to swim on her own. Once she discovered it, she was a little water baby wanting to go in again and again just so she can swim back in by herself!

They have lots of fun digging and building in the sand!

Off to fetch a pail of water for their sand creation.

Time to get buried!

The most fun was had by burying Daddy though!

I worked pretty hard getting a good mound of sand around him. The big kids were funny because the waves would come up to his feet every once in awhile. So while I was crawling around moving sand around, they were doing kung fu and soccer moves attacking the waves thinking they were keeping the water from Dave. It was pretty funny to watch their fierceness and determination! While Collin mostly just took it all in and went for drinks.