Family Day at the Beach

I've been watching the weather like a hawk. There was nothing but rain for such a long time. It was starting to get depressing. After spending the weekend at my sister's, there was a break and we made a dash for it. Da Beach! Here we come. It worked out to be perfect timing because it was Monday and my sister's place was closed for the day. They joined us.

We had the most awesome beach day. The weather was perfect. The water was great. It's wasn't too hot or humid. We had lunch at the beach. The kids could care less about eating though. They were thrilled with their sand toys. They played in the sand next to our "camp" as I called it for what seemed like ages. Naps were out of the question, of course. Then they moved on to the wet sand near the shore. We sat there for a long while. They carried pails of sand and pails of water. They had a small shell collection, but they couldn't follow it through. They collected a handful of shells, dumped them out and started all over again. After the last dip, we started to clean up and while we loaded up the car, the kids played at the playground.

Now, it was 7pm. How did that happen? I thought to myself, a little more and we would have been there for the sunset. Except it was time to eat and we had exhausted our snacks supply. So off to dinner we went. Luckily, we ended up at Beef O Bradys and the kids ate for free. Woo-hoo! We were still close to 2 hours from home though so we didn't get home until 11pm. Can you imagine? Still, it was the best day and I wouldn't have traded any part of it.