Beach Boys

The Tonelli boys saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time June 15, 2009. It was such a beautiful day and you can see that the beach was practically empty. We went to Jenkinson's beach on the Jersey shore which also has a fun boardwalk with carnival games, candy stores, an arcade and restaurants. Paolo built sand mountains, and Luciano romped in the surf. Paolo wasn't too keen on getting wet, but he let his dad carry him down the shore line. The boys also played games on the boardwalk and won some cute little carnival prizes. Luciano said, "Dad, when I turn 9, can you buy us a house at the beach so we can live here all the time?" I couldn't agree more. Do we have to wait until he's 9?
Marisa had fun hanging out, too.

Today Mark was filming Marisa as she was speaking. I don't know if it's funnier to see how she phased out at the end like a little wind up toy that had run out of spring action or to hear the stuff going on in the background. Luciano qued up "Flight of the Bumble Bee" on our piano keyboard while he and Paolo were running around completely nutty in the living room. You, of course, only get to hear it, but you can imagine the total chaos that is our daily existence.