Unusual Beach Day

Monday was an adventure! I headed to the beach with our 15-year-old babysitter and 5 kids (my three plus two friends). However, when we got there we found out that a tropical storm was building somewhere out on the ocean and the resulting high winds made for treacherous waves and a killer rip-tide. Lifeguard trucks were driving up and down the beach announcing that it was a 'red flag day' and not to enter the water.



Well you can imagine the disappointment on our little tykes' faces. But we tried to make the best of it (some succeeding better than others). Parker and his friend got busy building in the sand...





...but Lincoln was in denial - he insisted on wearing his swimming vest even though he couldn't swim:



The other thing that made this trip to the beach unusual was that we forgot the bag with the sunscreen, hats, goggles, clean clothes, diapers, and Anndra's swimming suit! THANKFULLY, Parker's friend had sunscreen in her bag (otherwise, we would have had to leave after about 20 minutes to avoid being burnt to a crisp!). It was too windy for our umbrella so there was NO hiding from the sun. I decided to let Anndra 'swim' in just the shorts she was wearing (so she'd have a clean/dry shirt to wear on the way home).

Anndra and her buddy hanging out with the babysitter:







One of my boys was pretty grouchy the entire day. In this picture, he was doing the "I'm NOT going to look at the camera, Mom" thing:



In contrast, my other boy was giddy. Nothing could wipe the smile off of this guy's face!