A Day at the Beach

This past weekend, my sister, Sarah, came out to visit.  She arrived Friday evening and stayed through Monday evening.  We really enjoyed her company.

Friday was just sitting back and catching up a bit. Saturday was a big trip to Long Beach Park on Long Island.  If traffic hadn't been an issue at all, we should have arrived in about 45 minutes.  However, due to the lack of intuition from our GPS and a few missed turns, we arrived in about 80 minutes instead.  The beach was well worth the wait.

The temperature was about 93 degrees, the cool ocean breeze was perfect, the crashing waves were beautiful, the sand was white, and the sun was high! 

Sarah was super excited to spend a day right next to the Atlantic Ocean!

Miles was slathered up with SPF 50, sand toys in hand, and ready to play the afternoon away!  He'd been waiting his whole life to have a day like today.

Aunt Sarah showed Miles the full capability of his new toys!  Thanks, Aunt Sarah!

After a few hours in the sun and an Italian Ice break with dad, I was getting a little nervous that the sun was a little much for Miles.  We stepped up his  protective apparel a little...

Nate got paranoid that he might have been out in the sun a little too long too.  He applied some of Miles' SPF and donned a shirt.  Sadly, too little, too late :(

Nate was CRISPY... miserably crispy!  Apparently, 'real' men don't wear sunscreen.  (update: 4 days later, Nate is STILL pretty miserable)  Poor Guy.....

Sunday was FATHER'S DAY!!!!

     Miles woke up his dad with a card he picked out all by himself, from the floor level card shelves at Target.  It was one of those 'sound' cards featuring Optimus Prime's note to his father mentioning how the universe needs more dad's like Nate!  I would have to say that I completely agree!!!

    We spent much of the day tooling around Manhattan to show Sarah around and to enjoy one of Nate's favorite cities.  Temps hit high 90's, the breeze disappeared, and the humidity sky rocketed.

    We started at Battery Park and enjoyed the Statue of Liberty from the coast.  We wondered through Times Square - ate at Hard Rock, toured the M&M store, and a couple others. We hiked up to NBC/Rockefeller center, FAO Schwartz, Apple Store, and Central Park.

By then, the heat had gotten to us, and Nate was at his wits end with the burn.  We headed back to White Plains so that Nate and Miles could bond (aka cool off) in the pool at our complex.  Meanwhile, Sarah and I stopped at Target to get more aloe-based burn relief, ordered sushi, and picked up a Coldstone ice cream cake.

     Miles and I would have loved to make Nate his special dessert, but the NYC activity put a damper on that thought.  It was an even trade off, considering how much Nate usually enjoys a day in the city. 

    

Thanks, Nathan, for being such an incredible father to Miles.  He's still a little young to know just how lucky he is, but I couldn't have picked a better man to help raise him with me.  We love you!

     On Monday, Miles and I had to go to work/school.  I'm quickly running out of time off.  When Sarah was finally able to get in contact with her co-workers - in-transit to NYC- we found out that she wasn't going to officially meet up with them until Monday evening.  We missed out on a whole day with Sarah.  I think she secretly enjoyed the chance to sleep in a little.... After dinner, we put her on a train to Grand Central in order to start the next segment of her Eastward trip - the athletic training conference in Philly!

We had a blast, Sarah!  Thanks for coming to visit!

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