Beach weekend

We just got back from a fantastic weekend at the beach. Dylan had a great time swimming and playing with his buddies up and down the beach. He is full of personality and loves to make friends. The only problem is that he comes on a bit strong, and we are hoping he grows out of that a bit so as not to be one of those kids nobody wants to play with because he's so overbearing. Granted, he isn't even 18 months old yet, so I don't think we have to worry (yet) about kids not picking him to be on their teams, but we've noticed he does tend to bug/scare other kids with his liveliness and boundless enthusiasm. He runs instead of walking. He yells instead of talking. If he likes someone he will repeat his/her name a million times.

There were a couple of instances where kids would be playing in the sand and say "come play with us" and instead of sitting down and playing, he'd try to get them to come with him. Usually no matter where we are, he wants to run out to the parking lot to see the cars, so he's always trying to get other kids to go see the cars and saying "c'mon!" and "go!" Cristiano was laughing because I got in a "discussion" with one of the other mothers who said Dylan was out-of-control. I told her that out-of-control would mean he was completely wild breaking things or bullying or hitting the other kids. I told her that Dylan does none of the above, listens quite well and actually has a really sweet and loving nature. As I told Cristiano, I was "discussing" not fighting. If I had been fighting, I would have mentioned that both she and her kid needed to lose some weight and that it probably wasn't a good idea to smoke in front of him. Slam! Don't mess with this mamma bear's cub!

On the rented pedal rickshaw outside our apartment

Sitting in the rickshaw while mom and dad get overpriced coffees in the center of Forte dei Marmi

On the running/bike path along the beach. We spend a ton of time here running, biking and rollerblading. Love it!

Dylan with his buds Sara and Marco. He's obsessed with Sara and will call her name over and over again ad infinitum.