Beach Day #2

Look, it's winter and there are sea turtles (why they don't clean the beaches so they can hatch) and there is still hardly any seaweed! Soooo pretty!

The day before I flew out to Utah for a funeral, I took the kids to the beach. It was Monday, the first day of Thanksgiving Break, and I wanted to make sure they had some fun on their break! Also--any excuse to go to the beach, right?

I know, I know, I just posted a zillion pictures of my children doing the exact same thing--running in and out of ocean waves. But I just can't get enough of it! Being at the ocean just brings out the happy spirits of joy and everyone can just run around with ecstatic enthusiasm. I love the beach. I love the sand. I love the water. I also love that Delray Beach has completed all renovations and there are now showers at every single entrance/exit of the beach so I can hose of my kids before they get back into the van. That is true ingenuity right there.

I like Ruthie's tactic here. We usually do that more in the summertime--sit right at the water's edge so the waves hit you every time to cool you down, but even on a chilly (85 degree) day, it's nice to sit by the waves and feel them.

I had a couple pics of Russ, but none of them really turned out because of the sun. And talking about ingenuity--look at Will using his boogie board to carry all his toys home! I told him if he took his truck and whatever else, that he had to carry all of it home because I had to do the baby and the diaper bag. He pulled it along on his boogie board the entire time! Silly boy!

Whenever I upload photos on Sterling's laptop, the pictures go weird like this. Here are more adorable pictures!

Oh goodness, it was such a beautiful beach day! The waves were pretty calm for Palm Beach County, the sand was amazingly perfect, the sun was gorgeous. The baby probably could have used a little less wind--but I was loving it. And we didn't tell Ruth about the jellyfish we saw in the sand (she got stung two years ago and still is deathly afraid--they are incredibly painful so I don't blame her) so everyone was happy! I love you Delray Beach! You are beautiful and close and easy and cheap and everything wonderful!

Beach Day #1

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There are two different beach days on my camera roll that have not been documented. The most recent was the first day of Thanksgiving Break before I flew to Utah..and I don't remember when this one was. The week before sometime? Anyway, it's recent. And it was obviously very fun. And I actually think it might have been the Saturday we set up the Christmas Tree, because that is how we roll in Florida.

These two literally ran up and down and up and down the beach while racing into the waves every so often and jumping around. Laughing and laughing and racing and racing and jumping. It was a delight to watch. Molly stuck to the sand castle building. November is much too cold for a true Miamian like her to get in the water, ha!

I think it was also this beach day that a Italian/Canadian elderly couple stopped me and asked me for help getting the parking meter to work for them. And then they ooh'd and aah'd over my well-behaved kids and Ruthie's gorgeous hair. It was very nice.

This girl is also a delight. Love her to pieces.

I love the beach. Just looking at these makes my heart hurt that we only have another year and half beside the beach. And when in my crazy day tomorrow can I fit it in?!?!? That sunshine and that ocean air and the wind and the outdoorness. It's the best combination of all the best things.