May 2008 - A Day at the Beach

Tybee Island...
We made it to the beach a couple of times this summer, though truth be told, daddy more often than not pushes for the pool (not a big fan of cleaning sand out of 3 year old).

This, however, was a great day at the beach!
Ashton is becoming more and more comfortable with the ocean. He LOVES the waves and when daddy has to lift him over each new set.

We swam, collected shells, and made castles (pile of collapsing sand). Of course, no day at the beach is complete without Cheez-Its!

Tybee Island Lighthouse

This was the first time that Ashton and I explored the lighthouse together.

He did great!

It was SUCH a beautiful day on the island that when we finished playing in the surf we weren't quite ready to go home.

Ash wanted to see the lighthouse and I still had just enough energy to make a day of it.
There are 178 steps in the lighthouse, and since Ashton was aching to see it, I made sure he climbed (and descended) every last one of them! :)




The grounds of the lighthouse are beautiful and very well maintained.
The staff were wonderful, and they all seemed to go out of their way to interact with Ashton.
Of course, the best part of the visit was reaching the top.
WHAT A VIEW!
I've been to the lighthouse before but it's been many years.


Now all of the wind up there did make me a bit nervous...
but if Ashton could do it then so could I!