Summer: Fri., 8/11 - Sun., 8/13

Fri., 8/11

Our last day at Bethany Beach. I went to yoga at 7:00 a.m. again--three times in one week. So lovely. Molly gave all the kids a set of Squinkies Do's when they got up, which they all loved. Then we put in another full beach day--lovely weather, despite the prediction of rain from earlier in the week. In the morning, the kids mostly played in the sand. "Remember when we were being chased by that baby?" Greta said to Luca. "Yeah," Luca laughed. And Greta said, "That was so fun." 

One notable part of our week--Andrew twice found a horseshoe / helmet crab in the sand. Huge and monstrous. Once he picked it up and threw it into the ocean, tail thrashing. The next time it was already in the water. Everyone hoped to see it on our last day, but it didn't appear.

After lunch, when the tide was further out, we all swam. Lucia, like in previous days, was in a new kind of watery, wave-jumping heaven. Molly carried Luca out a few times, and--at the end of the day--Greta finally let Andrew carry her out. I also swam, again pushing past my usual fear of deep(ish) ocean water. For dinner, we had pesto that Mom had brought. Then we went to the boardwalk for ice cream, and Mom and Dad bought the kids Beanie Boos at Candy Kitchen. Sadly, we had to pack up after the kids went to bed. Our last day at the beach. It was a perfect week!

Sat., 8/12

Drove home from the beach. Greta, in particular, didn't want to leave and said she wanted the beach house to be ours. The drive was easy. All of us got hash browns from McDonald's. L&G watched Descendants 2. Back home, we unpacked, I did a mountain of laundry (five loads of towels, sheets, and swimsuits), and Andrew made steaks and hot dogs for dinner.

Sun., 8/13

Yoga this morning (four times in eight days!!). Then we just relaxed at home. Andrew went for a run. I ran errands at Target and Trader Joe's. L&G played all day with various things--microphone-bubbles, Squinkies, Splashlings, Legos, Beanie Boos. They set up a Beanie Boo salon in the kitchen and combed the animals' hair with water and tiny Lego brushes. They swung a lot. We read a lot of Runaway Dolls. Back to regular summer now; our beach trip was the our final long trip.