Sunday Morning Beach Bums

We just got back from a day at the Beach!

We packed a few picnic snacks and drinks in the cooler, grabbed a few pool floaties and beach toys and met one of our neighbors at a beach on Percy Priest Lake.

We got there nice and early this morning (around 9:00), so we more or less had the place to ourselves for most of the morning.

It took the boys a few minutes to get accustomed to the moving water. The Park Service has put buoys and ropes marking off the swimming area-- the big orange marker in the picture is at about 4 feet deep in the water, so our boys knew to stay on the near side of that. There's a fair bit of boat and ski-doo traffic beyond the far outer buoys-- and that makes for some good waves... and once the boys got used to seeing and feeling the water move like that, they were right into it! Bryce was practically body surfing in his little blue circle float!

Once the boys had gotten wet, we set down to the business of building a sand castle.. which turned into a small castle compound. Other highlights included burying Mama in the sand, taking a break for lunch, swimming some more, playing in the sand some more... well, you kind of get the idea!

If you can believe it.. during the ride home this afternoon, Aidan asked "When we get home, can we go to the pool?"