I've been silent for awhile! Mostly out of town with access to e-mail and the Web, but not conducive to updating the site.
We spent a week in the Outer Banks with relatives and other weeks on and off at the Jersey Shore. I had a great summer of parking my butt in a beach chair and watching the kids get comfortable with the ocean waves. By last weekend Chloe was actually surfing the waves in on her boogie board, solo. So grown up! Of course she had a wee bit of grown up help getting her going.
By the end of our vacation, Phoebe was attempting to get herself set up on her little surfboard. But, what she really enjoyed was playing in the sand.
I had hoped to finally take those surf lessons this summer, but because of the knee surgery that was derailed. I did manage to boogie board quite a bit. So, I can say that this summer I can hold my own on a boogie board with all of the twelve year olds. Last summer I was hanging solid with the eight year olds.