Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ocean Shores

We went and spent a nice couple of days at the ocean.



Tony with his kite. He loved flying it so much, that we ended up getting him another one. I have to admit, it was pretty fun. I never realized how much work a sport kite can be.
Vinny didn't want sand on his band-aids so he sat in the trunk while dad flew his kite.
My feet and tattoos in the sand.
My boys.
My little monster.





I wanted to get a pic of Tony and I together, so we let Vinny take a couple... these are what we got.




Vinny was obsessed with making hearts in the sand. Here is his attempt with footprints.

On the trail between the beach and our hotel, we came across 3 bucks. Not what we were expecting on the trail.
Ignore the shorts, I was wearing Tony's because all of mine were all wet.

This is a pretty cool picture, when it is bigger. It is of all the seagulls out on the beach.






Writing in the sand.

It had rained the last morning at the ocean, and it made the sand perfect for drawing in.


He did a great job, I think!

Vinny drew a heart.

(I love Vinny's little heart at the end.)

Sand dollars

I love sand dollars. One of my favorite things to do when we go to the ocean is get up early and go beach combing before anyone else has been out there. It just brightens my day to come across a whole one. This weekend was special because it was the first time that Vinny got to share that with me. He was so excited when he found one. We ended up bringing home six that we found.



I learned a lot this weekend about sand dollars too. I had always assumed that the ones you found on the beach were alive. When I found a small one, I started to feel bad about taking it, and did some research. It turns out that the ones that you find on the beach are actually the skeletons of sea urchins. Too weird. Creepy, but very cool.

FOUR!!!

When we went to the ocean, we went to the arcade and played some putt putt golf. Vinny did really well. I was pretty impressed.








And oh what a difference a good camera makes.

And these are the pics taken with the good camera.