The boys had such different reactions to the beach.
Alex loved the sand. Throwing himself into it. Digging holes. Rolling around in it. Facefuls and mouthfuls of sand did not deter him.
He ran and jumped and ran and ran and ran through the sand.
And of course, he loved spending time with grandma at the beach.
Nate's reaction was different.
He loved the water. He wanted to go deeper and deeper into the ocean. He loved watching the waves crash onto him. By the end of the trip, he was brave enough to run into the waves by himself.
What he did not love was me taking pictures of him. At all. So I had to make do.
And of course, he loved spending time with grandma at the beach. 
He loved the water. He wanted to go deeper and deeper into the ocean. He loved watching the waves crash onto him. By the end of the trip, he was brave enough to run into the waves by himself.
What he did not love was me taking pictures of him. At all. So I had to make do.And of course, he loved spending time with grandma at the beach.
It filled my heart with joy to see my boys love something as much as I love something. I can only hope that future trips are this enjoyable.
I bribed them quite a bit to get cooperation with photos. The hugging photo from yesterday was the result of bribery. The hand holding photo from yesterday was the result of bribery. This photo was minor bribery.
At the end of the trip, bribes no longer worked as these boys were so sad to be going home. I know exactly how they feel.
I bribed them quite a bit to get cooperation with photos. The hugging photo from yesterday was the result of bribery. The hand holding photo from yesterday was the result of bribery. This photo was minor bribery.
At the end of the trip, bribes no longer worked as these boys were so sad to be going home. I know exactly how they feel.
17 comments:
Oh man, they are stinken cute. I'm with Nate. I love the water and I do love the beach but the sand gets on my nerves ;) Beautiful pics.
Great shots, as always! So glad you guys got a much needed escape! The weather looks great! Hope this morning isn't TOO hard. More beach days are to come, right?
How awesome! I love the beach, too, and I'm so glad I booked a long weekend at the beach for September. Our vacation growing up was always 2 weeks at the beach, in a house right on the water. I'm hoping that will become a tradition with our family, too. I'm sure you were all sad to leave, but welcome back!
I love all the bribe pictures esp. the hugging and hand holding. We are going to the beach in a few weeks and I am so stealing your idea of writing their/our names in the sand and taking pictures. LOL! Glad it was everything you wanted it to be.
Looks like a wonderful trip! I love the beach, too, and am also looking forward to the day that Claire is able to really enjoy it.
That last photo is heart-stopping. I'm jealous jealous jealous! I haven't been to the beach since college (in SoCal, as you may recall).
Great pictures! I'm so glad it was such a blast. And I fully support bribery in the name of good photos. :-)
Now, if I only had a working camera...
What fun and what great pictures. I'm so jealous since we don't live near a beach. Glad you had a great time.
Looks like a great beach trip! I love the beaches of NC. We are planning to take Michael on the July 4th weekend. I hope we get a better reaction than last year, as we had to bribe him to even walk on the sand!
Where did y'all go to the beach? We were in St. George Island this past week, it was so much fun.
Water, sand, I'm good with both. I hope Michael enjoys the beach as much as your boys did. It looks like you guys had a great time.
Awwww. The last picture is so telling. Clearly they loved the beach. You got some great shots of this really wonderful trip/
ADORABLE PHOTOS! It makes me want to go to the beach so bad. I LOVE the picture where he has sand ALL OVER himself..oh my! haha!! They look so sad at the end about going home...so precious!
Awww, great memories. You all look happy and gorgeous. There's no fun like the beach, eh?
Great pics and looks like a wonderful trip from start to finish. I can't wait to hear more later this week! You have inspired us to do a quick overnight trip before our crazy July gets going sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I am adding it to my "to do" list of Summer 2009 which has Zero chores on it, all family related stuff I want to do.
Glad it was awesome! I love the footprint pictures!
Awesome photos! Last summer, J was like Alex, S like Nate. We'll see what happens this summer.
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