Today I decided it would be fun to take the kids to the beach. It was incredibly windy here at home so I figured it would be a short trip. It ended up being beautiful with no wind at all. Emily and Nic were pumped…. Rici was….. FREAKED OUT!
He was not impressed at all. He squirmed like mad to get out of cousin Emily’s arms so he could run back to the car. We got him to the sand and Emily was trying to get him to touch it. He finally reached down and then as soon as he felt it…. stood up…. more screams.
We found some walked for a while, found some rocks, and a really cool stream flowing under the rocks. Rici didn’t like that either. I’m pretty sure Nic figured out how to get soaked. Then Emily and Nic found some big rocks to climb on. They had a blast.
Rici finally decided he might as well try and have fun. He started climbing the smaller of the rocks and jumping all around. Finding little rocks and throwing them onto the sand.
Then it happened….
Rici was carrying a big rock (boulder for him) struggling with this rock getting closer and closer to the water. I think he was going to throw it in the water. I was sitting on some rocks watching him play. Emily and Nicolas were behind me playing on the tall rocks. Emily screamed “watch out” I looked up and here it came, a good sized wave. I ran for Rici, he looked right at me and tried to throw the boulder on me, I was trying to pick him up. Poor kid was panicked. In the chaos of picking him up from the water and dumping the dang boulder and me running….. plop. My keys and camera fell out of my pocket into the surf. Not much I could do but keep running Rici to dry land. Once he was safe and the surf went out I started looking. Finally found the keys buried but sticking out a tiny bit. Beside it I saw a black string… it was the camera.
So the good news is, we didn’t have to walk home. The bad news is Rici is freaked out with the beach again. Oh ya, and my camera is toast once again.
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Go for the water-proof Olympus “sport” camera. Mine is the 770, but the newer ones have a different number. Good to 30 feet deep and a drop to concrete of 5 feet. Effectively indestructible (unless you are *trying* to kill it!). I’ve had mine snorkeling to 15 feet and in the water for over an hour – no problem. Mom has banged it into stuff – again: no problem! Friends have the newer model and it is a wee bit better. Check it out!!