Beach Pictures

Just thought I'd share some beach pictures and memories.

Here are the kids all standing by the Currituck Sound. We stayed soundside in Corolla this year, and loved it. It was very peaceful by the beach house, despite being along the path to the sound. You'll see the kids and Mike walking the path.

All three kids loved the beach itself. We only went three times, since it involved a trolley trip and lugging lots of things. But each time the kids had a blast digging in the sand, splashing in the water and chasing the waves. Ben dug a big hole (and later turned it into a turtle); Reagan splashed in the water till it knocked her over (fully dressed!); and Tommy couldn't get enough of the sand tools and buckets.

We made our annual trek up down to Jockey's Ridge. Gotta love those (hot) sand dunes. Unfortunately the day we traveled to Nags Head/Kill Devil Hills/Kitty Hawk, it was 96 degrees! That sand just scalded our feet! Once we climbed the dunes, the breeze kept things cooler. One of our kites took off easily. It stayed high. However, this darned butterfly just wouldn't work. Once I finally got it aloft (barely, as seen in photo), I gave Tommy the string. What a nightmare! He didn't know how to keep it still. That kite carried the string away so quickly and so high... it went wild. Then when it was a few hundred yards away, it took a nosedive... practically onto the powerlines at Rt. 12! Well, I say practically because it missed the highway and landed in a tree! Mike finally rescued the poor kite after a long time of trying (all the while thinking of Charlie Brown). I snapped a shot of the dreaded tree (and you'll catch a glimpse of Mike gray shirt to the left of the tree.)

Here is a little video of the kids playing in the sand at the beach. They loved it. Just building whatever their little hearts felt like, and making friends along the way.