Friday, July 3, 2015
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bearshortyFeeling sand between the toes, on a nice warm sunny day is just lovely.
Tanya and I are at my parents's house. Since we are traveling to Bear's parents this weekend for the Fourth of July, my Mom wanted time too, so she picked us up on Wednesday and will drive us back tomorrow early morning (where we promptly will repack and go to Long Island).
My Dad was not working today because of the holiday tomorrow falling on Saturday, so this morning we all went to the beach.
My parents live 5-10 minutes from the beach, by car. And over the last decade there was a lot of renovation of the beach area. It is really wonderful now with a long road to walk/bike/rollerblade. In just the last year they built a waterfall, park, new playgrounds, little amusement park and just made it very nice. Hurricane Sandy did destroy a lot but it only gave the opportunity to rebuild.
The beach is big, clean and not crowded at all. At 8:30am there were like 5 people beside us and only by 10:30 people really started to trickle in. Still, lots of space. The water is pretty cold and I don't really like swimming in the ocean too much (give me a pool anyday) but it was nice to just relax on the sand.
It was Tanya's first time playing on the beach - she saw it before but never touched sand. She loved it. She was pulling sand onto the blanket and just enjoying it. Surprisingly, she didn't try to eat the sand. She played until 10:30 and then I walked her in the stroller for her nap, with my Dad taking over once she fell asleep. I got some free time then to just enjoy the beach. It was too windy to read. My Mom brought cherries.
We went back home by 11, since Tanya had to eat and my Mom only likes the beach in the morning. After our lunch, Papa and I went to Dollar Tree to get some decorations for the upcoming 1st birthday party at the end of July (it will be small but I still want it to be nice), and we went to Baby R Us to get more baby food and Mega Blocks that will be a present for Tanya. I also picked up a book as a present for Ida but I will still need to get more for her.
In the afternoon we went back to the beach area but to the amusement park section and a little park by the waterfall. Tanya is very headstrong -she will protest loudly if we don't let her do something - and she also wants to move all the time. She is not a child to sit still like I was. She is now walking if we help her and hold her arms so she wants to do that all the time at hyperspeed. Our backs feel it. Once she will learn to walk, I think she will just start running.
Tanya and I are at my parents's house. Since we are traveling to Bear's parents this weekend for the Fourth of July, my Mom wanted time too, so she picked us up on Wednesday and will drive us back tomorrow early morning (where we promptly will repack and go to Long Island).
My Dad was not working today because of the holiday tomorrow falling on Saturday, so this morning we all went to the beach.
My parents live 5-10 minutes from the beach, by car. And over the last decade there was a lot of renovation of the beach area. It is really wonderful now with a long road to walk/bike/rollerblade. In just the last year they built a waterfall, park, new playgrounds, little amusement park and just made it very nice. Hurricane Sandy did destroy a lot but it only gave the opportunity to rebuild.
The beach is big, clean and not crowded at all. At 8:30am there were like 5 people beside us and only by 10:30 people really started to trickle in. Still, lots of space. The water is pretty cold and I don't really like swimming in the ocean too much (give me a pool anyday) but it was nice to just relax on the sand.
It was Tanya's first time playing on the beach - she saw it before but never touched sand. She loved it. She was pulling sand onto the blanket and just enjoying it. Surprisingly, she didn't try to eat the sand. She played until 10:30 and then I walked her in the stroller for her nap, with my Dad taking over once she fell asleep. I got some free time then to just enjoy the beach. It was too windy to read. My Mom brought cherries.
We went back home by 11, since Tanya had to eat and my Mom only likes the beach in the morning. After our lunch, Papa and I went to Dollar Tree to get some decorations for the upcoming 1st birthday party at the end of July (it will be small but I still want it to be nice), and we went to Baby R Us to get more baby food and Mega Blocks that will be a present for Tanya. I also picked up a book as a present for Ida but I will still need to get more for her.
In the afternoon we went back to the beach area but to the amusement park section and a little park by the waterfall. Tanya is very headstrong -she will protest loudly if we don't let her do something - and she also wants to move all the time. She is not a child to sit still like I was. She is now walking if we help her and hold her arms so she wants to do that all the time at hyperspeed. Our backs feel it. Once she will learn to walk, I think she will just start running.