Son of a Beach

Memorial Day brings us our first trip to the beach!

YAY!!!!!!!

First night - OUT FOR PIZZA!

the kids were very patient waiting for the waitress to acknowledge us...

after about 20 minutes... they started to get a little silly

after another 25 minutes.. things were out of control.

So I flagged down a waitress - who cleaned our table - and told us they were out of pizza. So I called on the phone - ordered a pizza - and 10 minutes later walked 10 feet into the store to pick up our pizza. Yes, it confused me too.

Seeing how I was about to slap a waitress or two, we all thought it was a good idea to walk up to the boardwalk to eat. With the sun being down, and the waves 'kersplashing' quite rough - it got a little chilly. Luckily, it didn't slow the kids down much.

just happy to be at the beach! (and in the stroller)

Happy to see the boy still has his bunk-bed facination

next morning - STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH!

and we didn't forget to leave the buttcrack at home

I was thinking to myself - Saturday of Memorial Day weekend - and this is the crowd? EXCELLENT.

Yeah - it filled up in the next few hours.

Boy was quick to find a pack of kids to play with..

and girl was happy to find a comfy spot face down in the sand..

while girl splashed around - boy was very content to stay in his hole

Quick shower - then straight to the park

...where the children proceeded to scare the crap out of me

2011 water tower - and as usual - boy wanted to climb it

I let Auntie Cheryl do the heavy lifting

the poses have changed a bit over the last few years..

And back to the beach!!
End of the day on Monday - the kids got free ice pops

SCORE!

girl really knows how to show her gratitude

that's a little better -

a little more sarcastic - but better

aaaaaaand theres the crack

sadly - you can see the boy was starting to burn a little bit.. the shirt stayed on for the rest of the stay -but I'm sorry to say the boy sizzled a little on his last day

Last night - and Nanny thought it would be a fun treat to go out to eat RIGHT NEXT to Lucy the Elephant.

Does it get any better!??!

After dinner they got a chance to gawk at the big CLOSED sign.

but they were still pretty happy.

After dinner, we got home, the boy ripped off all his clothes, ran to the kitchen and found a wooden spoon and begged Nanny to spank him with it.

?

If they wanted spankings so badly- all they had to to was ask!