A trip to the beach!

Here are a bunch of pics of the kids. Some blog readers who fancy themselves comedians have made comments on the lack of photographic evidence of the kids on this Montreal sojourn, wondering if perhaps we'd even brought the little tykes along. So for you, here they are - I took 242 pics over the course of a couple of hours. DH thinks this is "wasting"... he doesn't quite get the concept of digital photography!!lol

It was a gorgeous day so we headed off to a nature park on the West end of the island known as Cap St. Jacques. It contains one of the apparently few beaches in the area. Given that Montreal is an island, you'd think there would be a ton of beaches - you'd be wrong!lol Apparently, many people do their swimming in cottage country, not in the city. Anyhow, this was a lovely beach and the kids loved it. It was a particularly great beach for kids because you could walk out a good distance and still not be much more than waist deep - very gentle slope and great sand.

Emma checking out the water...as you can see, not the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean... and look at those arms, she is one muscled kid!lol

But it is nice and warm, Emma approves!
Thomas and Emma checking the water
Thomas is heading for the deep end
I think I should name this picture "Shoulderblades x 2"!
Thomas is putting on the goggles and heading off for a swim with the fishies
Emma looking cute

Here's Thomas swimming in the lake and looking for interesting creatures at the bottom of the lake

Emma looking for her brother
Playing - Emma forefront, Thomas background