Chloe was all over this playground like a spider monkey. Only once did she get to a place that scared her, but even then she was able to calm down and work out her own solution. She can really keep up with Evan better than ever before!
On our trek down to the water, we realized the wind coming off the lake was actually cold! The kids went right over to test the water (which they finally agreed was frigid), then moved on to their mission for the day: digging holes. Meanwhile I hunkered down and covered up with a few towels to stop the goosebumps.
When it's too deep to dig with shovels, they lay down and keep going. For some reason, it's not a good enough hole unless you can stand in it and impress somebody.
After all that digging the two of them ran up and down the beach and went off exploring on some sand ridges farther down. They spent a good portion of their time climbing and sliding down there and when they came back to me, it was evident they were not going to leave this beach without getting wet. I could see it in their eyes.
Surprisingly it was Chloe that ended up soaked to the waist and loved every minute of it.
I was just starting to feel like we should be heading home for lunch when Todd showed up, surprising us all. He was done with his morning appointments and figured he'd take a chance on us still being here. By then, the lake wind wasn't quite as cold and the kids had run off to the ridge again, so we stayed longer.......
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