This content was created by Victor Justin Rhodes. This content was uploaded by Victor Justin Rhodes. This is a YouTube video titled "Kids play in the Ocean (1st TIME)" (created 2017-03-03). It records a casual family outing at the beach where adults and children (names mentioned include Jonah, Kane, Jenna, Lily, Josiah) experience the ocean—apparently the kids' first memorable visit. The excerpt contains diarized dialogue of parents and children reacting to waves, exploring sand and shells (one child thinks they found a shark tooth), playing with a mermaid tail and boogie board, and adults recalling family memories (a nearby house of refuge). A friend named Jody is noted as filming with a GoPro. Overall it reads as a home video capturing family interactions and first-time beach experiences.
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What do you think?
So excited this morning. This is a very, very, very, very, very, very special day. We are taking the kids to the beach. What's so special about that? Well, they've never been to the beach that they can remember.
Yeah.
Were you gonna say something?
Jonah was 2.
Okay.
3.
You remember going to the beach, Jonah? No.
No.
So you guys are going to the beach for the first time. Is anybody excited?
Yeah!
Come on now, is anybody excited?
Yeah!
Look at this huge bridge, guys.
Whoa! You guys see that view? Holy cow! What do you think?
I don't know.
You're not so sure?
Woo!
Gorgeous! It's really fun!
You're not so sure? You're not so sure? Come on, it's okay, it's okay. Look, I got you, I got you. It's okay. You want to get your feet wet? You're not so sure?
How much time do they stay here? A lot. What is that?
Mr. Brown, my friend Jody's out there with the GoPro. All right, I I got you, buddy.
Papa?
Yes. I got ya. Here we go. He don't know what to think. The kids are having a great time.
Aww.
Here it comes.
Oh! Oh!
You want in it? You can step in it. It's not coming much further, okay?
Hey, let's go in the ocean.
You want to go in further, Mr. Brown? Whoa, right in, didn't it?
They sure did.
They think they grew up on the beach.
I know, they love it. I had my bathing suit on, I would jump in maybe.
What are you doing, Jonah?
Digging in the sand.
What are you finding?
I think I found a shark tooth.
Oh wow, look, look at all these seashells, Mr. Brown. Look, look how pretty!
Here's round seashells.
Kane's got some seashells for you.
Whoops!
He ain't having any of that either. What are you finding?
A shell.
Nice.
I wonder if I came to this beach as a child. We used to go down the street to a museum.
Yeah.
So I wonder if we would come down here. I don't know.
Hey guys, what are you What are you doing? I'm making a mermaid tail.
Oh, a mermaid tail. Kendall's got her mermaid tail.
Are we waiting for the water to come in so we can make more mud? Here it comes! Woo! That's brown. We got another blue. Mud! Mud!
Oh, you finally become a mermaid, I see. You finally having a good time, Mr. Brown?
Good. Yeah, you got some mud. Cool.
You catch a ride on the boogie board?
Yeah, I'm gonna do that again.
It's good to see him getting used to it. You guys rinse off. Got quite sandy there, Jenna. Just wrapped up the beach. I think everybody had a good time. You think they had a good time? Bring back old memories for mom. There's a house of refuge there for shipwreck sailors way back in the day, and her and her family used to go there when they were kids, when you were kids. Did you have a good time at the beach?
I think my mom used to go there when she was a kid.
That's cool. Yeah. Did you have a good time at the beach, Lily? Did you have a good time at the beach, Josiah? So pretty down here in Florida. Hard to get a bad shot.
