My sister and her family arrived on Sunday, July 17. Move-in is always a bit chaotic, so I watched her children while she and her husband unpacked. The house is on a lagoon, and neither of us Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol alumnae wanted the boys, ages 4 and 2, to be unsupervised near water.

Strapped in car seats for the four-hour drive, they were ready to move and explore. They rode scooters in the street, threw the stones in the yard and took turns in Time Out. I asked how they like swimming.