Summer: Cape May: Tuesday 7-30-24

Another double-length beach day. I went running this morning on the boardwalk (2.75 miles) and then we all relaxed for a bit at the house. We went to the beach around 10, and it was another windy day--windier than yesterday. But the kids didn't care, especially because Molly and Jeremy went to Big Lots to get the kids skim boards. They spent a long time figuring out how to use them and eventually found some success. Then they used their boogie boards in the extremely rough water. 

When we felt windblown enough, around 2:30, we left the beach and put ourselves back together at home. Then we rode our bikes (Mom and Dad walked) into town to do a little shopping and have some pre-dinner Kohr's. Lucia bought a purse at Across the Way and a handful of Good Luck Minis, a tradition. Greta bought a tiny glass shark at Swede Things and Good Luck Minis. 

We made dinner at home (pasta with cauliflower, carrots, and grilled chicken), and while we cooked the kids went onto the second-floor deck and made videos of selling each other "drugs" (candy cigarettes) and then meeting grave consequences. After dinner we watched some Olympic gymnastics and played Telestrations and Code Names. This year, for the first time, all three kids are able to play Code Names with us, and the games get intense. It's a Beach Week favorite, for sure. 

I made two more pipe cleaner dogs today. When we were in town, we saw a couple of dogs that actually looked like pipe cleaner dogs.