First Official Trip to the Beach for the A-Team!

While it is true that Adam walked the shores of a beach in Maine when he was 9 months old, their adventure to Southwick Beach last Friday in Jefferson County was their first official trip to the beach.

My friend Erin invited me and my first instinct was that it was a bad idea. I mean, it's hard to help them both safely by the water. But she convinced me that with her and her sister and their combined six kids, we could handle it. We took the hour trip and when we got there, I knew it was the right thing to do. The boys immediately got out the sand stuff and Adam was happy to join in. He loved the idea right away, though it took him a bit through out the day to realize that there was merit into actually filling the bucket before destroying what little he had patience to dump :) This picture is funny because it looks like Abbey is pretty confused as to what they are up to! Abbey checking out the water...not soon after she was running that way. I don't have any pictures of it but the kids both got their vests on and I walked them to the water. They LOVED IT! Erin's sister Heather was a huge help...she walked Adam in pretty far. He was so into it, after a bit he was willing to leave me. It's pretty shallow there and little Abbey wanted to walk her self around. She would run right into the waves and her little vest would flip her onto her back and float her there and I'd pick her up and she'd immediately want to get back down it. I mean, she had NO FEAR and only love for the lake. Adam grinned ear to ear and when we went back on shore, it was long until Abbey had Erin convinced to wade back in with her.
Then she climbed in the lifeboat like she owned it. Adam spotted her and just HAD to join! I took a few quick photos then got them out of course...!! They wanted to go back in and Erin and I took them. When we had to get out, Adam was NOT happy. By then, Abbey was tired so she let me carry her! Here Adam is with his friend Daniel...Daniel was mad his mom was picking up and Adam was there to back him up...! It was an amazing afternoon. The sun made the day gorgeous, my kids had a blast and there were enough people able to help, that I wasn't worried that my kids would drown or get hurt. When I was in labor with Abbey, the "picture" I had in my head was a baby Abbey playing in the sand with Adam on the beach with his Dad. We never made it last summer because of so much going on, but they loved it as much I pictured. One of the great days to be their mom.