"Can we go home now?"

This is just Ethan's shtick for photos, you understand. 

He really loves hanging out at the beach with his middle-aged parents.

Samuel is the obedient son. He'd rather be home too, but he pretends to like being with us. He will get the inheritance.

Our weekend planning goes like this: 

Jen: I'd really like to do something this weekend. It's going to be hot and sunny.

Todd: We can't torture them with Hurricane Harbor again.

Jen: I'd like to go overnight somewhere. But they won't want to be gone that long. 

Todd: We could do a short day trip to a beach.

Jen: Where's the closest one?

We spent a total of 90 minutes at Jones Beach. Jen and I had fun.