East Beach

Well, we went to East Beach last week again a couple of times.  I was just thinking, it has been a really, really cold summer.  We have gotten above 70 degrees maybe 5 times this year but it seems like we are going to the beach a lot this year.  It is really fun, and the kids are still playing in the water.  Let us just say, you can tell who is local and who is not.  The locals are in the water and thinking it is hot and the non-locals are the ones who have their jackets on and are sitting at the edge of the water thinking the locals are crazy!!!!!

 We take Maggie to the beach (even though she hates the water).  If we do not take her to the beach, when we come home she whines the rest of the day so it is much easier to take her.  She is pretty good at the beach.  We walk her for awhile,  we try to get her in the water, and then she usually hides under the chair and takes a two hour nap.  Last time we were there, we actually got her out in the water where she could not touch.  Not happy, she crawled into Thomas lap on a raft.  It was quite funny.  I still have hope she will like the water some day. 

 Thomas walking on water!!!!

Henry diving off the log.  He was out there for a hour just diving.  He loves it!!!! 

 The boys swam like this for over a hour the other day.  I think they look like Crocs. Oh- the terror they can inflict on the innocence.

Oh-Lizzy.  It is the summer of the swimsuit.  That is all she wears (and her PJ's).

We were able to go out to the log and she jumped off the log too.  Mostly she tags along with the boys when they are building dams by the creek or floats on the rafts with me pulling her around.