We started the day with a trip to the outlet mall to buy rain jackets as we did not bring those on a trip for the beach in August. We also spent time at the five dollar store purchasing several random toys for the kids, and we did a movie and chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. We were so excited to show the kids the Neverending Story. It was a pretty big hit with Lyla...not as much with Cade, although he enjoyed the family time as always.
My favorite part of the day was this evening when we went to the beach before dinner. There were a few sprinkles, but the ocean was beautiful and surprisingly warm. The kids had a great time playing in the sand, and it was difficult to get them to come back upstairs for dinner.
Tonight‘s play was building a sand house, a project agreed-upon by the kids. Lyla built a mansion, and Cade build an underground house. Most importantly, Cade insisted that there be a path between the houses pictured below.
The main boss was out in full force tonight.
I didn’t care, I was happy to see him.
Here are a few photos that are sure to become some of my favorites of all time. The kids are so deeply in play they hardly noticed I was taking these:
The path between houses:
There were a lot of silver linings in today. When Cade inadvertently got sand all over the camera lense, he apologized instead of blaming someone else. When I left our car keys in a crowded store, and Lance discovered them a half hour later, he was patient about it. Traveling isn’t always easy, but we’re all growing from it.
It was a silver lining, Falkor, Fantasia kind of day, and I loved it.
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