After our whirlwind trip around Texas, the boys and I headed to Delaware with Nonni. My mom is from Delaware and we hadn't seen her side of the family in several years. They hadn't even met Henry yet, so we figured it was past time to go spend some quality time with them!
We spent most of the time hanging out with the family in Laurel, but we decided to take a day trip down to Rehoboth Beach. We figured the boys would like the boardwalk and it was their first chance to see the Atlantic Ocean! I rented a minivan for this trip so we could take Aunt Dot (Nonni's sister) along with us and not make anyone under 5 to climb in the backseat. :)
Also minivans are magical and all of us were obsessed with the doors that automatically opened and closed themselves. The boys liked that feature almost as much as the DVD player!
It was a super sunny & hot day and somehow all of the beach umbrellas were already taken. I decided that maybe a full beach day would mean all of the Alaskans would be lobsters, but letting the boys get their feet wet still seemed like a fun! Aunt Pam and Cousin Cam decided to join us while Aunt Gina and Aunt Dot opted to stay in the shade and wait for us.
And this side of the family has random names assignments because Mom is so much younger than her sister. All of my actual "Aunts" are grandparents to the family members my age. So Pam is actually my cousin, Gina is her daughter and Cam's mom. It seemed easier to refer to both of them as "Aunt"s with the boys. It's a mess. But I love them all no matter what the nomenclature! :)
Back to beach time! The boys weren't too sure about the waves - you may recall they weren't big fans of the waves in Homer this summer. And there were no rocks here to chuck in the water to convince them to get any closer - ha!
Nonni finally convinced them to get close enough to get their toes wet. Which was a little too close when a bigger wave swamped us all. You can see Cam and Henry both got their shorts pretty wet while Thomas was smart enough to run for higher ground! :)
But the boys really got excited when Nonni showed them how to wiggle down into the sand when the waves came. Thomas wiggled his little heart out and suddenly exclaimed "Where's my feet?!?" He was pretty excited to show off his missing feet! He was even better at burying his feet than I was - such a talented little man!
Henry finally got over the short soaking and decided to trust Nonni again to keep him safe. Plus he needed a little help balancing to try to wiggle his feet in the sand. :)
They had a blast hanging out at the beach and could only be convinced to leave with the promise of getting frozen custard back on the boardwalk. But before I could be convinced to go, I had to write a message in the sand for them! Matt went back to Alaska a week before we were heading back, so I wanted to send him a photo of the boys from the beach. They miss you, Dada (but are still having a blast!).