A Day at the Beach

I got a call from one of my neighbor friends (Amy) last night. She asked if the kids and I wanted to go to the beach with her and a couple of the other neighborhood Mom and their kids today. We were thrilled with the invitation! We got there are 11:00. The kids played in the water for awhile, then ate lunch, played on the playground, and then in the water some more. Between us 4 Mom we had 10 kids ranging in age from 14 months-11years old. We had fun.
Marc was so excited to go. He had fun playing in the little bit of sand there was there.Samantha looked so cute in her swim suit sitting on the towel....I just had to take a picture.I held her in my arms for awhile then my neighbor girl (Kenley 11 years old) took her and sat her in the water. She has SO much fun splashing in the water. She had fun, until she splashed herself in the face, and then she flinched.Another neighbor Mom (Heather) has a little boy that is a few months older than Samantha came with us. She brought a cool little floaty thing that the toddler sits in and is able to walk around or kick, but still be floating. She let Samantha borrow it for a few minutes. She had a blast!Marc's favorite thing to do was fill his bucket with water.......and then dump it on his head. He really is a strange bird. ;)I was a little nervous taking the 2 kids to the lake without Daddy going along. Amy reassured me that there were be 3 other Moms there to help keep an eye on the kids. Kenley is 11 and taking baby-sitting classes, so she took the opportunity to "practice" with Samantha today. I think Samantha enjoyed the attention...surprise, surprise. ;)
All in all, things went great and we had an awesome time. :)