Beach 2016 – The Reluctant Grownup

All three boys are napping – the big boys just requested a nap, and we put them in our bed. It’s kind of amazing. We had a long morning swimming and the sun drained them of life force, as it did me. We’ve all had a nice re-charge and are about to go to a friend’s house for grilling.

I worked well over 60 this weekend, in order to make up for taking two days to go to the beach last week with the Prof’s side of the family. Liam celebrated his sixth

birthday there, and we spent most of Thursday and most of Friday in the pool, and then all of Saturday at the beach.

This was one of Liam's new presents - a wrestling robots game — This was one of Liam’s new presents – a wrestling robots game

We got him a telescope - my wee 3 year old niece is modeling it here for you — We got him a telescope – my wee 3 year old niece is modeling it here for you

My older niece Ella enjoyed the telescope quite a bit

I couldn't be prouder of this specimen of toddlerhood right here. — I couldn’t be prouder of this specimen of toddlerhood right here.

Occasionally the kids got the privilege of eating at the kids' table, instead of at the main table with us — Occasionally the kids got the privilege of eating at the kids’ table, instead of at the main table with us

Lazy afternoon watching movies on the day bed

Jack was in love with this monkey, and begged that we let him keep it. The monkey had to stay at the condo we rented, but we got to keep this picture of him.

We had to check out early Saturday morning, and the extended family headed out on a long car trip north while we (with only a few hours to drive home) hit the beach and then had a seafood lunch

One of us fell into an M&M coma on the drive home

I worked a full day Sunday upon our return, and every day since, so today I’m wiped. After some domestic chores and our swimming outing, I’ve taken the prerogative to relax a bit. The Prof has discovered some sort of ESPN app on our tv and so we watched Ireland play Portugal in women’s rugby earlier, and now we have the college world series of baseball playing in the background. A lazy summer day.