Shark Attack

Day 2 at the beach began benignly enough with coffee, croissants and a quiet stroll on the beach with Olivia and Charlie.  Once everyone was awake, we packed a picnic lunch and enough toys, beach chairs, towels, drinks, hats, sunglasses, buckets, shovels and sunscreen to supply a small army and headed to stake our plot in the sand.  The kids had a great time ...

... until we met the sharks.

First  Hannah, and Ethan met a fisherman who had caught a baby shark and he allowed them to hold it. Next, we met a shark disguised as a "Real Housewife of New Jersey"! She and her entourage set-up camp less than 6 inches away from Hannah's lego sand-tunnel-paradise. When we asked her to move a little further away, she began to rant about how she would not be moving her blanket because she owns property and pays taxes in OCNJ. Of course, Joy began to explore the conversation further with this land shark who then told us she would not be liable when someone fell in the hole Hannah dug. As if no other people dig holes at the beach. Good thing NJ housewife did not set-up beside the people who dug a 10-foot deep cavern for the fun of it. Ahh, beach friendships -- they last a lifetime!

"I pay taxes!!"

Ice cream cones on the beach ended our day (albeit a little sadly for one little girl with a sandy scoop)!

Minutes before the scoop fell to its sandy death

Another wonderful day in the sun with my most favoritist people in the whole wide world.  Of course, every day with them is a vacation, right!