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I got out of the car and headed for the front door. I knocked and a minute later, it was opening to a smiling Jillian.
“Hey, back already?” she asked as she moved aside to allow me to enter.
“Yeah, I decided to play hooky today. How are the boys?”
“They are good. We just finished with lunch and trying to figure out what they would like to do. Are you picking up just Christian?”
“No, I’ll grab them both. I figured we would spend some time at the beach,” I was going to need to text Jasmine to let her know. I was assuming she would be okay with me taking Jeremy for a little bit.
“Sounds fun. I’ll go grab ‘em for you,” she said with a kind smile as she headed off to grab the boys.
It took no time at all before I heard their little feet running on the hardwood floors. Christian opened his arms and practically jumped into my arms.
“Hey Buddy. How are you?”
“Good.”
“I thought we would all go to the beach. What do you guys think?”
“Yay!” Christian cheered, and I placed him down so he could get his shoes on.
“Mommy?” Jeremy asked as he got his shoes on.
“I texted her to let her know where we are going, and she will meet us there.” I didn’t know she was going to meet us yet; she hadn’t messaged me back. I didn’t expect her to. She should be in her meeting right now, and when she was done, she would see it.
“What do we say to Ms. Jillian?” I said to the boys.
“Thank-you Ms. Jillian,” they both said in unison.
“You both are so very much welcome. I will see you boys later.”
“Bye,” they boys said as we headed out, and I got them both in the car before I hopped in.
I would need to make a quick stop at the house for us to get changed and get everything we needed. But then we would be headed for the beach, and hopefully, a lot of fun.
***
The second our feet touched the sand the boys were running off with each other. I had multiple bags and an umbrella that I was carrying. We had brought lots of sand toys because Jeremy had gotten some new ones, and they were very excited to try them out. He really was a sweet little boy, and it was great that they were both getting along so well. It had been a massive fear of mine that they would spend the whole time fighting.
I was looking forward to spending the time with the boys and on the beach. I had been trying to let go of some of my anxiety where cleanliness was concerned. We had been doing more things together, and I was trying to embrace the creativeness that Jasmine had and was joining in when I was there. Today, we were going to try and build mud castles, and I had no idea how well that was going to go over, but I was going to try.
We were at the beach; it was a perfect place for the boys to get filthy if they wanted, because they could just go right in the water to get cleaned up. Today was all about fun, and I wanted to be able to let go and just enjoy the moment.
I got the umbrella all set up with our chairs and towels. Everything was looking great, and we were the only ones around. That’s what was great about being in Newport; there was plenty of beachfront so everyone could be spread out. It was also during a weekday, so most people were at work. the tourists were either not in town yet, or they were still sleeping off their hangover.
“Okay guys, what would you like to do first?” I asked the boys.
“Play in the water Daddy,” Christian said.
“Is that okay with you Jeremy?”
This was the first time I was taking him to the beach so I wasn’t too certain what he liked to do. He had lived in Florida, so I knew he had been to a beach at some point in his life.
“Water!” Jeremy cheered, and I gave them both a big smile.
Fuck, these two knew how to make you feel better.
“Let’s go have some fun then.”
