Our first trip to the beach was just after my birthday in July. Oak had been talking about it for so long and each day he would think that it was the day to go. Whenever we asked him what he was excited about he would say, "big waves," "kites" and "sand castles." He really couldn't wait!
I LOVE the beach! I love spending the day laying out on the sand reading a book, getting in the water when I get hot. I was a little nervous about how adding a child would "cramp" my beach style. Sounds a little selfish, I know, but it is true. And when we went when Oak was just one, it was so hard because he just wanted to run into the water and wouldn't sit still for a second.
I never knew the beach could be so much more fun when you do other things besides just lay out! Brian, Oak and I spent one whole day on the beach and it really might be run of my favorite days EVER! Oak loved being in the water and thought it was so fun when the big waves knocked him down. We couldn't keep him out of the water.
Our second beach trip was with Brian's brother Kevin and his wife BethAnne. We went the week of Labor Day to Nags Head, which was amazing! Oak loves BA and Kevin. They are both doctor and he refers to them as the "little doctor" and "big doctor."
I was a little nervous how this week was going to go because Oak had turned into a "terrible two" a few days before that, which I will write about later. It was so great though!
We stayed right across the street from the beach so it was so nice to be able to spend the mornings at the beach, come back for lunch and naps and then head back out to the beach for the evening. It made it easy for me to take him by myself while Brian worked.
Again, he just loved being in the "big waves." It was amazing to me how he didn't mind getting knocked down, he would just stand up and say "that was funny." He really is such a fun kid.
He met some knew friends at the beach too! There was a little girl named Aubrey and a little boy that Oak would look forward to seeing each morning out on the beach. He played with them in the sand and the water. He loved chasing the sandpipers back and forth on the beach.
Nags Head also had so many other things to offer besides the beach. We spent one morning going Jockey's Ridge, which are these huge sand dunes. Oak climbed all around them! It was awesome! He called them sand mountains! I couldn't believe how well he climbed all around!
He spent one morning fishing with daddy, uncle Kevin, Dan and Grandmom. He even kissed a fish and we still act out fishing and a fish always bites our finger like it did Dan.
Another favorite thing we did was the aquarium. Wow! That was awesome! Oak's favorite thing at the aquarium had to be the sea urchins. He loved those!
I can't wait to go back to the beach next year and neither can Oak. If you come to our house now, you will find all of the cushions from our couch in the playroom on the floor because Oak pretends it is the big waves. Each day he goes swimming in the big waves and gets very upset if we put them back on the couch.
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