What Its REALLY All About Stephanies Boots on the Ground Perspective While my husband was pondering the metaphysical during our third family trip to Hatteras, I was thinking about things a bit more concretely. Sitting on the beach this year, holding a sleeping infant and watching my four-year olds play and splash, I realized I was thankful for three things: 1. Four-year olds dont eat sand. 2. Four-year olds dont steal toys from random kids on the beach. 3. Four-year olds dont wear swim diapers. Next year we will be back in the thick of it when Wes starts shoveling fistfuls of sand into his mouth and taking purple shovels from innocent girls. But this year I enjoyed the respite. download file now