Paddling At Instow

I do love going to the seaside. There is something which brings back the big kid in me I think whenever I visit, and although I don't go as often as I could considering how close I live to the beaches in my area, I am sure this will change once the boys get bigger and it will become easier for me to take them on my own more frequently.

Last weekend we popped over to Instow late in the afternoon to have a paddle in the warm sea water as it lapped up on to the shore. The tide was coming in so we did not have as far to walk to it as do normally, so it was Jenson's first time I think of having a paddle there. Possibly in the sea ever although he has paddled in rock pools and in the sea puddles left on the beach at Appledore and Crowe Point. To begin with Jenson was a little unsure - Burton and Daddy had already waded out a little way and I stayed close to the shoreline with him trying to persuade him to walk on in. However, after a few minutes of feeling the warm water lap gently over his toes he found the confidence to stride on in a few feet and he LOVED it! 

He got knocked down by the water as is it came on to the sand and I was expecting him to whine that he was "freezing cold now" . However, surprisingly, he did not and actually sat down again in the water and splashed about quite happily and grabbed the wet mushy sand and squeezed it between his fingers. 

I was so proud of the way he took it in his stride as the waves had sent him tumbling down onto his bottom and not let him bother him as I thought it would, as he is the one who normally complains about water being "freezing cold" even when it isn't! It reminded me of a quote I found on pinterest recently which I think is so true and one that I hope will apply to my boys as they find their way through life

(photo is my own)

Wise words, wouldn't you agree?

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