Why would anyone go to Virginia Beach and not go to the beach. We made it every day, but one (Christopher made it every day for a little bit) and found it to be very relaxing. Matthew, of course, wasn't at all excited about being in the ocean, but we did make him go in with us a couple of times as we think it's important to try things...even when you're scared. Christopher had some troubles initially (the first day only), but Shannon (Colleen's cousin Jackie's wife) got him to go in on day 1 (I believe there's a post about our first day at the beach). Christopher loves that girl. Once he got in and felt around a bit, it was almost impossible to get him out of the water. We had some knock-out-drag-out fights pulling him out when it was time to leave the beach (usually followed immediately by a long, semi-comatose nap. Anyway, here are some of the pics we got at the beach.
Matthew chilling out on the beach and Christopher taking a rare break from the water to play Daddy's iPod Touch.
Matthew and Mommy in the ocean. This was one of the 2 times that we got him to "almost" willingly get in to the ocean. He wasn't at all happy about it initially, but he got into it after a few minutes. He wasn't so into it that he would venture out any further than Mommy's beach chair though....even with Daddy or Shannon!
There's always time for frisbee or a game of catch on the beach. The boys also had a fun time throwing the ball around with different family members.
Christopher had a blast playing in the ocean all week...mostly with his cousin, Kaylee, who also loved playing in the ocean. I was able to get some shots of the two of them playing together from the shore, but only a few turned out. Christopher "The Giant Sea Otter" Kane took well to the water I think.
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| Christopher and his cousin, Kaylee playing in the water while Christopher's uncle, Pat, rides a wave |
This is what Matthew did mostly on the beach...play for about an hour, then conk out!
...and finally, there's always time for some PB&J....even on the beach!
Colleen took a long weekend trip to Denver with a couple of her coworkers to visit another coworker who had recently moved to that area. While she was away, I've been trying to spend some quality time with the boys. My mother-in-law kept them Friday while I was at work. Today, Saturday, I took the boys to breakfast at a local mom-and-pop shop where we dine from time to time. We followed that with a trip to the grocery store and Walmart to buy Christopher a new bike helmet. As I've been trying to pick up running (looks more like speed walking when I do it), so we decided to go for a ride today. I pushed Matthew in a car-wagon thing and Christopher rode his bike. I usually go around the entire section, which is about 2 miles, but Christopher pooped out on me and we only got about 1/4 or 1/3 around the section and back. I'll take what I can get I suppose. We had some lunch, then we headed for nap time. After the boys woke up, we decided to cook up some individual pizzas for the 3 of us. I love cooking with the boys and they seemed to have a good time as well. 
