Going to the beach has quickly become one of our favorite family activities. Grandmom really wanted to go the Atlantic Ocean so off we went Sunday am. New Smyrna is 1 hour and 45 mins northeast of Lakeland. The sand is very fine, soft and white. And the waves were big this time. Nathan finally got his big ocean waves to play in. As we made our way down to the beach we noticed surfers out in the what looked like 10 foot waves. They were quite impressive (the waves and the surfers). Daddy quickly jumped right in with Noel on his back and they headed out to brave the waves. Ella was terrified and Grace uncertain. Little Nathan giggled, sat down and let the surf push and pull him around the beach. The roar of the ocean was loud and the 4 foot waves that looked like 10 foot waves to us (the lifeguard told us how big they really were) were intimating to my little 2 foot 3 yr old. But after an hour she slowly relaxed and played in the surf. As the day wore on the waves became rougher and the pull stronger so the younger kids played closely to shore. But daddy, mommy, noel with daddy and Grandmom all braved the big waves further out at some point during the day. Finally we headed home, a few of us very sunburned (daddy), stopped for ice cream and drove home with half of the beach coming home with us.
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