Monday, January 16, 2017

On a whim, we rounded up all the horses and headed with six kiddos to the beach! Grammy and Grandpa, Mimi and Aunt Abigail, and all of the cousins got good drinks and caravanned to our favorite spot. The kids were thrilled to be outside in January, and the older ones even played in the water. Sebastian wasn’t too sure about all that. The surf was rough.

Selah June and Jules had a blast building sand castles with Grammy, and I enjoyed a quiet spot in a beach chair halfway between the umbrella, towels, and cooler and the water’s edge. It’s absolutely wonderful that we live here and can enjoy a winter day soaking up sun and playing in sand.

Selah June did not have much interest at all in getting wet. On the very few occasions the water swept up near her, she would yell “Get back, waves! Go home! Don’t come over here, water! Go back to your mommy!” It was a hoot.

She also really was into the little beach chair that Grandpa brought in the Pilot just for her. It was pink, and she spent a great deal of time dragging it over to sit with us and then dragging it back to sit with Grammy and Abigail and then dragging it back over to us and then dragging it back over to the umbrella. That’s hard work when you can’t put down your blue blanky or your towel!