I don't know how I haven't posted about this yet but a few weekends ago little buddy had his first trip to the beach - and it was pretty sweet. The day, or weekend rather, in general was a great one. Paul was home, had to meet with a few recruits but at least he was HOME. Sunday we did absolutely nothing, I layed out and read while Declan took an exceptionally long nap (always always alwayyyssss a good thing), and then when he woke up we took our first trip to the ocean to meet daddy and his soccer team! Paul had planned a small sided sand soccer tournament for his girls to round out the Spring season, which was such a great idea, and gave us a great excuse to head to the water in early April. Yes - early April.
Declan shocked us all with how quickly he took to the water. SIIIKE - he's such a water baby, we knew he would love it - and he did. Obsessed, actually. He's a very focused individual and when he finds something new he likes, don't put anything else in his path. For an hour and a half, all he wanted to do was stand in the ocean and let the waves crash around him. Pretty cool.......except that mommy was cold :) hahahaa - what a wuss! A cold ocean isn't what it used to be like when I was an 8 year old.................
In very typical beach laidback style, we washed our feet off, put on a sweatshirt and walked over to this little shack that was selling seafood - Decky and Daddy chowed on grouper fingers (think chicken fingers, but fish) and we just chilled.........yep - chilled. It was really a fantastic afternoon/night. And we can't wait to do it again.
Here are a few of my favorite pics from the day. The full gallery is here:
http://gallery.me.com/hoganpaul1#100494
