On Monday, instead of mowing and working and doing all of the other things we were "supposed" to do, we played hooky. It was great. My brother is staying with friends in a beach house at Topsail Island for the week, so we invited ourselves to visit. (Don't you love family???)

We actually had trouble getting the kids on the beach. As we were walking through the living room, they discovered they could play Mario Cart. It was their first time to play a video game and they were so excited!

We finally made it outside. One of the joys of Topsail is its quiet. This was the beach at some point between 10:30 and 11am. Ahh.

The kids were finally interested in the beach and the water.

But they also spent a lot of time digging in the sand and climbing up and down dunes.

We stopped for lunch at our favorite local burger restaurant on the island. Definitely a much more fun way to spend Monday than to greet real life.