Here is a nice picture of Bob, Grace, and Faith from our first day there, when it was cloudy. Faith is looking pleasant, but don't be fooled. Here is how she normally looked these past few days:
You may think she was crying because she was trapped in the basket, but she actually wanted to be in there, as opposed to touching the brown gritty torture stuff that kept getting in her toes and hands. The horror!Grace actually had her own special version of torture the first day we were there. She is very petrified of bugs, and for some reason, there was a veritable infestation of ladybugs on the beach that morning. Thousands of them. Everywhere. Flying around, landing on everyone and everything. She was horrified and kept running around flapping her hands and crying. We kept telling her how sweet and gently ladybugs were, how pretty, how good for plants, but she was not buying it. Fortunately they went away by lunchtime, and the next day there were hardly any around. It was very sunny the second day. Maybe they don't like sun? It was like some weird Alfred Hitchcock movie.
Everyone loved playing in the waves, even Anna. She really didn't get all that close to them though, LOL. She did get more wet than Grace who got her toes wet a few times and that was about it. That water was cold!
Bob's sister Jane gave us their old boogie-board, and we borrowed a second one from the L's. Nathan really loved boogie-boarding. Luke did some too. Jonathan developed his own little game. He would lie on the boogie board out where the waves would barely reach. Eventually a big wave would cause his board to move around a little bit. If no waves ever got close enough to move him, he would eventually move closer. It was cute.
Everyone loved playing in the waves, even Anna. She really didn't get all that close to them though, LOL. She did get more wet than Grace who got her toes wet a few times and that was about it. That water was cold!
Bob's sister Jane gave us their old boogie-board, and we borrowed a second one from the L's. Nathan really loved boogie-boarding. Luke did some too. Jonathan developed his own little game. He would lie on the boogie board out where the waves would barely reach. Eventually a big wave would cause his board to move around a little bit. If no waves ever got close enough to move him, he would eventually move closer. It was cute.The boys did build a lot of castles in the sand, especially the first day when it wasn't so sunny. The second day Nathan and Luke built a castle, and Caleb and Jonathan dug a "house", complete with several rooms and booby-traps underneath the shade cabana thing we set up. It was perfect for providing a shady spot to dig!
Every evening after dinner we took a walk down the boardwalk. Faith enjoyed this a lot! No sand or water close by! This octopus is on the bottom of the huge Neptune statue right outside our hotel. There were a lot of neat sculptures every so often along the way. One was a neat "sand castle". ANother was of a Norwegian woman, given by a sister city in memory of a Norwegian ship that crashed here over a hundred year ago. The weather was so pleasant the whole time we were down there, and the breeze was lovely. Such a nice vacation!
Every evening after dinner we took a walk down the boardwalk. Faith enjoyed this a lot! No sand or water close by! This octopus is on the bottom of the huge Neptune statue right outside our hotel. There were a lot of neat sculptures every so often along the way. One was a neat "sand castle". ANother was of a Norwegian woman, given by a sister city in memory of a Norwegian ship that crashed here over a hundred year ago. The weather was so pleasant the whole time we were down there, and the breeze was lovely. Such a nice vacation!
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