A late night picnic on the Beach

My kids have been dying (and whining) to see their Gram Gram so we called Donna and per usual she was game. Let's go to the Beach! It has been raining so much that this is only the 4th time for me and the kids. Brian and I brought towels, drinks, snacks and our kids. Donna brought a four course meal and Jim! It was a perfect night....fearlessly Connor jumps right in followed by Kaya. Jim thinks Connor is going to be surfer. He didn't leave the water until he was on the verge of Hypothermia. Colin is still traumatized with being taken under in May so he stayed far away from the water by making sand forts, castles and arm chairs for him to relax in. Connor and Colin found a sea monster that turned out to be an extremely piece of seaweed. Kaya switched between a sand mermaid and Anglina Ballerina which only means she basically danced along the water all night. Colin ate nine pieces of watermelon. But let me tell you the real cool thing-no one (not one) cried the whole three and a half hours. Then the gnats or sand fleas or whatever it was that got in my hair and bit me until 4 AM this morning chased us off the beach. Note to self: leave the beach at 8 BEFORE you get attacked. Still so, so much fun.