Our family spent five days in Montauk last week and there were so many firsts for us: our first post-Covid vacation, our first vacation with four kids and your first vacation ever! It was so great to finally have a change of scenery after spending a majority of the past 16 months inside our house and you all had so much fun playing on the beach every day. The beach we went to, Ditch Plains, is actually pretty famous for surfing because of its big, rough waves and Second GuhGaw was so afraid of the tall fumes of water that he refused to go near the ocean; he spent every day at the beach up near our chairs and umbrellas, happily digging tunnels in the sand and playing with his trucks. You, on the other hand, LOVED the ocean and kept charging toward it like Baby Moana. Every time I put you near the shoreline and a huge wave crashed around your legs, your eyes and mouth widened in astonishment. But when the surprise wore off, you giggled with delight and tried to run further into the ocean! You were fearless!
You exhibited this same bravado when we went to the resort's pool. You were initially scared when I first helped you step in but after a short while, you were happily splashing around, urging me to carry you further in and then even trying to wriggle out of my arms and swim off on your own--even though it was literally your first time in a swimming pool! Oh man, I am simultaneously impressed and worried about your braveness!
Love,
Mom
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