Family Beach Pageant — 1

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Declare your beach day a pageant. Award the crown. Embrace the chaos. family beach pageant 1

We clear a small circle in the sand. Everyone gets into a crab walk position (facing up, walking on hands and feet). The last person to collapse or fall over wins. Watching grandma beat the teenager at this was the highlight of the decade. We clear a small circle in the sand

There is a specific kind of chaos that happens when you try to take a family photo at the beach. You know the one: Dad is squinting into the sun, the toddler is eating sand, the teenager is pretending they don’t know you, and the wind is doing terrible things to everyone’s hair. Watching grandma beat the teenager at this was

How we turned a regular beach day into our family’s most anticipated (and hilarious) annual tradition.

Trust me—it beats one more stiff "everyone say cheese" photo.