With beautiful sunny skies, a visit from Gigi and Papa, and a super fun birthday party for homeschool preschool buddies, we welcomed March with open arms this weekend.We hadn't been to the beach in some time, and Lucie and Ryan were delighted to put their feet (and eventually entire bodies) back in the water again. While I would never describe our kids as reckless or fearless by the ocean, they are gaining more confidence in the water and will continue to venture out further and further on their own.
The water was a bit chilly, but that did not stop Lucie. She does not like it when her clothes get wet, and as soon as the first wave tickled the edge of her skirt, she had stripped out of her underwear and dress. (I wasn't expecting such eager swimmers or warm temperatures and neglected to pack swim suits.) As Papa 
described her, Lucie was our little free spirit, running across the beach in the nude, happily dipping in every pool of water and hole in the sand she could find along the way. The sun sure feels good on a little body.After a dip in his underwear, Ryan was ready to return to his sand toys, and more specifically his skip loader. He'd been talking all week about how excited he was to bring it to the beach and didn't want to waste a minute of pushing, moving and dumping sand. Our boy sure loves his heavy machinery.
2 comments:
Amazing to see warm beach goers in March! I laughed at Lucie's free spirit...we used to call that streaking ;-) Okay, I give...what is a skip loader? We have skidloaders.
Hmm...good question. I have a feeling the two are similar -- a front loading construction vehicle. Grandma Laura called it a skip loader when she gave it to Ryan, so it's been that ever since!
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