Virginia Beach - 1st time in sand and ocean

We flew to Virginia Beach last Tuesday night. I was asked to speak at a homeschool convention and so we decided to make it a little family getaway. I lectured 5 times in two days which was a bit crazy. Finally, on Thursday after my last speech - we headed to the beach.

Stephen had a blast! He loved the sand and spent at least 10 minutes throwing it in the air which meant that it was all over him - always a joy to clean out later ;) His sunglasses worked perfectly to keep the sand out of his eyes - and he looked so cute with them on too ;)

The only thing that stopped him was seeing a little girl - always looking for an opportunity to flirt!

Since he was distracted from throwing sand, we thought we'd take him down to the water. He was so excited and babbled all the way. He never seemed to be afraid - he studied it at first and then he was all smiles and giggled after that. We had to hold on to him to keep him from diving in head first.


Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the biggest laughs on video (that's always the way - isn't it?) but this one is pretty good.



This picture cracked me up! He got a little sand in his mouth and couldn't figure out how to get it out. So he just walked around with his tongue out for a while.


After we were worn out at the beach (it started a little windy and became very windy which made it not so fun), we headed back to our hotel to spend some time in the pool. Stephen wasn't quite as giggly as he was at the ocean, but he still had a great time ;) And I swear the water was just as cold as the ocean! By the end of our little afternoon in the sun and water - mom was ready for a nap!