Will continued to love the surf all week. Unfortunately, he never got much beyond playing in the shallow water. I encouraged him to come out where it was a little deeper and he could catch the bigger breaking waves, but he is not ready for that yet.

Will tends toward caution when faced with a new experience, followed by enthusiasm once he tries it. One of the things we did this week was a short air tour of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Roanoke Island. We flew in an old Cessna 172 operated out of Manteo Airport (http://www.flyobx.com/index.htm). Will was initially very nervous and had to be coaxed to do the flight, in contrast to Eva who was immediately game. During takeoff, Will screwed his eyes closed and put his hands over his ears. However once we were in the air and there was a lot to see, Will was very engaged. At that point with the very small plane bouncing around in the wind, Eva was much more nervous (though loathe to admit it) and getting her to look out the windows at the sites was tough.