The Ever-ready Bunny (not Amy) took his batteries out

First a little scholastic material.

Every marriage has its firsts. We had a first today. I think fatherhood is changing Don. We biked to the oceanfront, had breakfast, and then went onto the beach. We were like tourists at the Hilton. We rented a chaise lounge and an umbrella. We both watched Amy play on the fantastic playground (jungle-jim type thing). Then we went to the umbrella, and found a cool, public, 6-umbrella-shaded, beach toy-laden area. Amy and I played in that, and an amazing thing happened. Don sat on the lounge chair, under the umbrella, and chilled out. We actually went into the ocean and came back to the umbrella. Then Amy and I went back to the playground, and Don was still chillin' on the chair. What is a first about this? We probably spent two hours on the beach, which is two hours more than I've ever spent with him in 15 years of marriage. Don was SO laid back, I had to pry him off the beach. There came a time, that if I didn't bike home that very minute, I would stay at the Hilton beach-front until picked up by a car. Amy has been a dream-boat.