Abby, Zoë and Enzo

Comments: Beach Play and Sleep-Over

July 22^nd 2007

Beach Play and Sleep-Over

Angie called this afternoon and invited us to go to Newcastle's "Great Island Commons", where she was at the beach with her kids.  Abby, Zoë, and myself went ahead and went over.  As soon as we found our friends and Zoë and Abby were down to their swimsuits, they ran right for the water, prepared to just run right in.  They must have been used to that lake.  With the tide coming in, and the under-current looking fairly strong, I had to tell both of the girls not to go past their knees, then a little later not past their ankles, as the waves were coming in much higher.
The girls had a blast with the water and playing games in the sand with Kayla and Hunter.  Abby and Zoë were just having such a great time, I gave them ten minutes past when I had planned on leaving.  When I finally had to start getting them dusted off and to the car, they gave me such a hard time.  I'd get Abby dusted off a bit and have her started with her sandles, then when I went to dust off Zoë, I'd see Abby running back to the water.  Once at the car, there was even more whining, which we had to have some discussions about.  On the way home both of the girls changed their whining from being upset about the beach, to being hungry.  Perfect opportunity to explain to them why we needed to leave the beach.

 At the beach Angie had said that Beau would be getting out of work at 8:00 (as apposed to his usual much later hours) and suggested finally getting our game night in.  Later, just after I'd put the girls in bed, Angie said that they'd be over soon.  Abby and Zoë weren't quite asleep when they arrived, but they still did well not being rowdy.  Since Abby and Zoë have been sleeping on their beds in Chris and I's room, I've set the air mattress up in the girls' room so Angie got Hunter and Kayla set up in the girls' room with Hunter on the mattress and Kayla in a sleeping bag next to the bed.  All of the kids went to sleep pretty quickly, leaving us the opportunity to play some dominoes.

Abby @ 3 years, 7 months, 8 days
Zoë @ 3 years, 7 months, 8 days
Enzo expected in 1 year, 2 months, 1 day
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