Beach Baby

We took a trip to Cape Cod over Labor Day weekend and had a wonderful time catching up with family members.  The trip started out with a visit to the beach, Jonah's first time there. Fortunately we were on the Cape the weekend after Irene had gone through, so a trip to the beach was possible (there did seem to be more debris than usual on the beach, probably as a result of the hurricane).

We thought Jonah would really enjoy the water as he has always loved baths and has generally seemed to enjoy his wading pool experiences.  The beach experience was a mixed success: Jonah wasn't too sure about the water (maybe it was too cold, the waves too strong, the noise too loud, or some combination thereof), but he did seem to enjoy playing in the sand.

This video shows his initial reaction to the waves:



At times, he would warm up to the water when we did more playful things with him, like Ben did here, dipping Jonah in and out of the water:



Two other videos of Jonah in the water are available on YouTube: here and here.

We didn't take our camera along, so the only pictures we have to document are those we took with our phones (and I was playing with Hipstamatic, so some of them really aren't that great). Grandpa Sweetser got a few with his camera before it died, but he still needs to share them with us. Here are some of our favorites:

Maybe I can smile about this.

 

That water is COLD on my foot!

Hey - where did my legs go?

What IS this stuff??

Having a good time showing Mama the sand.

 

Grandpa, don't you go stealing my seashell!

Jonah definitely enjoyed playing in the sand and tried eating it at one point.  Imagine his shock upon tasting sand.  Not pretty!  He liked the seashells he found scattered throughout, and also liked putting shoes into the stroller and attempting to push it around:





All in all, we had a nice time and look forward to many more trips to the beach!