Boys and Boogie Boards

Sandbars and Sea Stars

Yesterday my sister and I took our five boys for a morning at the beach.

It is always interesting taking boys to the beach. When Linda and I were younger, the beach meant sand, sun-bathing, and making sand castles.

Not for our boys.

They came with shovel and nets, buckets, pails, and boogie boards....ready for adventure.

They spent quite a bit of time in the tidal pools searching for sea creatures. Since we arrived just at low tide, the shore was full of fascinating sea life.

Before even getting their sun screen and water shoes on, they found tiny star fish, baby shrimp, minnows, crabs (dead and alive), and lots of green and red sea weed.

Their boogie boards became floating touch tanks, where they stored the sea life in buckets, making little aquariums. Pretty creative. (Animal Planet are you reading this??)

We could not believe all the tiny star fish they found. For me, they are the jewelry of the sea.

While standing at the shore we were informed by a 10 year old girl that all the tiny white bubbles floating in the water were not sea weed at all, but jelly fish eggs! WHAT? Don't even know if this is true, but we stood a little further out from the shore to get out of the way...just in case!

After having had their fill of the tidal pool, the boys figured they would float out on their boards to as many sandbars as they could before us MOMS called them back in. BOYS are fearless. WE, on the other hand not so much, so we called them back in after they crossed the 3rd sandbar.

The tide was coming in, and when it does, it comes in fast.

But when you are a kid, you never worry about things like that. Adventure was calling.....
Who could resist? Certainly not our five boys!
Wouldn't have it any other way!

xoxo S

I managed to get them to stand still for a quick photo.....boy were they impatient for the photo shoot to be over.

The search for sea creatures big and small (mostly small) had begun!

Tiny sea stars were the stars of the show today! Lovely!

But the open sea (or rather the sound) called......HELLO SANDBAR..here we come!

Low tide allows for a nice rest in the warm waters after the adventure....

Two Moms taking it all in......(Had to get a photo)

Hi Mom! Hey, We're HUNGRY!!!!!!

Yes, Boys are ALWAYS Hungry!!

So...what would you do when you have a day at the beach..........?

xoxo S