Jonah was really nervous about walking in the sand when we first arrived at the beach. He would trudge along saying, ‘nonononononono’ and “I want to carry you.” By the second day, though, he realized it was not so bad. Stepping in the ocean was pretty much the same – lots of ‘nonononono’ and squealing followed by me finally just plunking his feet in and letting him run out. He discovered this was actually great fun, and continued running in and out of the ocean for a good hour each time we went down to the water. At the end of the video, you can see him trying to copy the way we made sandcastles. He called it ‘making buckets’ and was pretty pleased with himself.