Catching one last wave

In the truly lazy days during the last week before school started, we had a very impromptu Lego "Bionicle" pizza party that lucky for me (and my laundry pile) lasted for hours...

One day we headed to the beach to catch some good pre-Hurricane Irene waves...and tried not to miss "the brother at college" too much.

and soak in the lingering, warm hours left of summer which included this question asked MANY times "can I have a soda, mom?" (because I have told him that once school starts the soda that he shouldn't have anyway--but manages to get me to say yes to...will definitely not be an option). Never met a kid who loves Sunkist soda so much.