September 17, 2012
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Auditions At The Beach
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. We're short drivers, so we've been having to work extra anyway, then people started buying pizza like crazy and it meant even more work, so I haven't been seeing the family as much as I'm used to. Last week, I went to work Tuesday around 7 am and didn't get back home til around noon on Friday. Danny and Samantha had signed up for auditions for a movie that's shooting in Ocean City soon, so we picked them up at school and headed down to the beach. After about 10 minutes of standing around in a line that promised to last for several hours, I offered to take the three youngest out the back of the hotel down to the beach so they could play in the sand. "We'll just get our feet in the water, Daddy!" I ended up, a couple hours later, shopping the sales of the main drag for dry clothes for the youngest two in whose minds the word "feet" apparently is defined as any part of the body from the part upon which they walk,up to the very crown of their head.
We had a blast at the beach, grabbed some dry shorts and tshirts at a store nearby, shared a huge quesadilla con carnitas at a walk up taco stand down the street and made it back home by 11 pm so I could grab a few hours sleep and be back in the truck and down the road before the sun came up Saturday. Still haven't heard about the auditions, but glad for the excuse to make a trip to the beach anyway.
Comments (7)
Great shots of some great-looking kids. They had a memorable day.
That's a popular misconception at the beach!!! I love these shots -- it looks in #4 like dad got his 'feet' wet too!
@Roadkill_Spatula - Thanks, I think they did.
@slmret - That shot was from behind a pile of sand. That said, I did manage to get a little wet when I squatted down near the waterline to shoot back up at the kids just as a big wave rolled in. I felt sand under my feet, then a little water on them and then, all of a sudden the back of my shorts were wet. As much as the kids laughed, I think they'd have liked to have gotten a shot of that happening.
@lightnindan - Hah! A rule of thumb at the shore -- never turn your back to the waves!
You have wonderful children and your photos are more and more admirable .
Take care of you with the long drivings.
In friendship
Michel
Love the shots. now the kids have extra backup dry clothes for the beach =D
Great kids and nice shots on the breach. I was raised on the beach and love it to this day.