The Beach

We have had some really nice weather lately and like I said in a previous post, spring is here. I took Tobias to the beach a couple of times on my daddy day. He really likes that, and as a matter of fact, I do too. He loves to play soccer on the beach. As you can see in this picture his technique is quite sophisticated :-). The ball doens't go further than a couple of yards, but anyway, he is making progress.

While he is still quite ambidextrous with his hands he is definitely a lefty with his feet! Opa taught him to drop-kick the ball and he does a descent job on that too, although when he gets too enthusiastic he misses the ball entirely...

On the beach he also likes to jump and fall in the sand. That is quite an interesting spectacle to watch... He falls backward and foreward and rolls around, which is especially nice when we take his clothes of a night :-). So far he mostly stays away from the water, which is probably a good thing, because it is still a bit cold. Hopefully we can enjoy that too this summer...

In any case, I am looking foreward to many more visits too the beach...

Anecdote: When Tobias and I were on the beach last wednesday we ended our day in a restaurant, having a drink and something to eat. We sat there for quite a while. When I left the table to pay the check a girl (probably around 20 years old or so) approached Tobias and asked him his name. Tobias was polite enough to tell her. Then when we left she told me what a nice son I have. Of course I knew that already, but I found such a spontaneous reaction quite remarkable... Tobias is a babe-magnet already...(?)