Beach Baby

Today Henry and I went to the beach with a friend from church, her friend, and thier four children. Henry has only been to the beach one time before, at Surfside with the Jones', this summmer (this is a shame since we live so close to the beach). He was 4 1/2 months old then, and didn't really interact with everything the beach has to offer. This time was totally different. Now that he can get from place to place, this is exactly what he did! I tried to keep him on the blanket at first, letting him touch the sand, and feel the water. This was not good enough. He wanted to lay on the sand and dig in the dirt. Before I knew it, he had dirty fingernails, a dirty face, and of course even dirt in his mouth. The puddles of water (I forgot what these are called) close to the dunes were a hit too. We sat down in them and splashed with our hands and feet, and even grabbed sand from the bottom, and again tried to put it in our mouth. I realized that I couldn't keep him neat and clean forever, and getting dirty was a lot of fun..for both of us. I am so glad he loves the beach! This is one Jones boy I know that will always hit the beach with me!

A mouth full of sand!