Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
After all the rain and the thunder and lightning, it was very good that we had such a nice day on the beach today! Lots of kids (kids I didn’t photograph – and kids who stopped by to ask if I’ll be there tomorrow, when they come back!) I was very happy amongst all the teaching and talking to be able to build something myself!
Colin brought his two children to my beach, to learn the tricks of sandcastle building. They were great listeners, and learners, and built a small castle (despite the fact that they were supposed to be packing up and leaving the beach!)
It was so nice to see a great family return this year. The Dad, Ricardo, said, “We come here once a year, and when we see you, we know that all is well with the world.” His wife, Mary, gets into the building, and loves seeing her boys’ creations. David is their oldest son, 14, and is one of the best drip tree makers I know! Michael is 11, and Henry is 8. Sienna is a friend of the family, is 6 years old, and hopes to build this coming week.
It was fun watching Brendan (my youngest son) build a castle for his fiance, Julie. He asked her to choose the type of castle, and then choose where the door would be. (She changed her mind, and made him change the door from facing the bay, to facing the dunes!) He asked her where she wanted the stairs – just sheer fun for me to watch them! They are engaged, and plan to be married next year in May.
Colin had a lot of fun building today. His older brother, Jameson, was very patient, and was reminding Colin of the ‘tricks’ of sand castle building.
Jameson 9, was a very serious castle builder, and he showed a LOT of patience, helping his younger brother, Colin 6, on his castle.
Olivia is 10, big sister to Sarah 6 1/2 and Ariana, 5 (who built a castle earlier.) Olivia came down, and decided to build her own lovely castle, which had a winding pebble road. She wanted a photo with me(!)
Ariana 5 and Sarah 6 1/2, teamed up with their cousin Izzy 9, from Silver Spring, MD, with help from their young 74 year old grandpa Gerry, to make a great castle this morning. 
Today was another day with bad weather chasing us off the beach. A storm came over, with thunder, lightning and rain. I left an unfinished castle, and didn’t get a photo, but Bernard went down to the beach later, and took one for me (that I love!)
It was fun watching Bernard 18, Christine 17, and Billy 18 work together. A few times, there was more sand on them than on their castle. Billy was working with a bad knee, but had some great engineering ideas. Bernard was great at making stairs; Christine kept working, with some human ‘roadblocks.
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