beach

illinois beach state park: twice in one week, twenty degrees of difference! first boo and i went on labor day with my brother and his family. here, boo is holding his ears because the surf (even at lake michigan) is crashing quite loudly. he did not at all appreciate being whacked by the waves. there were screams and they were not of joy. my nephew, on the other hand, loved it. loved bodysurfing with his daddy for the first time; loved running from the waves; loved getting buried by sand.

then we went again yesterday with DH. i figured that the chilliness (high 60s/perhaps low 70s) didn't matter since boo doesn't like the surf anyway. it was a lot calmer though, so maybe he would have loved it. he was happy enough with the sand though so we didn't press it.