Bonfire on the Beach

One of our family's traditions is to have a cookout on the beach at sunset. We chose a night the whole family was there and set up camp on Corn Hill. It was a nice night, but there were tons of little biting gnats. oh, so annoying and so yucky! I hated to see them digging in to Ava's scalp. I was more bothered by it than her! :) We had burgers, hot dogs, corn and pasta salad. With P-town's famous chocolate fudge for desert with strawberries. 

Ava liked to climb the dune and sit at the top, so we taught her how to play a game my sisters and I played as kids on the beach: "one for the money"

Mina showed off. 1st: climb to the top of the dune 2nd: sing: "one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to GO!!" Then jump off the dune and run down as fast as you can!!

GO mina!

Ava's turn....

She fell down, gravity got the best of the situation :)

After dinner Aunties and Nana taught Ava how to play Ring-Around-The-Rosie

so cute! She loved it. 

here's a little video clip....

After dinner and enough bug bites, Brad and I left with Ava. We took her home to bed and got a call from Nana telling us that there was phosphorus in the water and the stars were out, so she came back to babysit with Poppi and Brad and I joined Coley, Dave, Mina and Sasha to play with phosphorus in the water and watch the stars. It was really nice to spend time with them, laughing about childhood stories and the quirks of being in relationships with each other. very fun! I'm so lucky to have sisters with great partners. Though they are a lot of work, bonfires are always worth it, to me.