We started out the last week of summer excited to finally get to the beach. Unfortunately, Brian came home on Friday afternoon late, and told us that he didn’t think he could come with us. Work gets in the way of life. Can I get an Amen? I attempted to get a few others to join us at the little apartment, but just decided to go on my own. I am so glad we came.
When we were at the beach, the best way I know to describe it is occupied. The girls were just busy doing beachy things: digging for coquina clams, searching for crabs, riding waves, building sand castles, filling buckets, emptying buckets, looking for fish, watching the dolphins, the list goes on. The girls loved going out to the sand bar, so we went out at least every day. Once while we were out there, we were watching some fishermen in kayaks and their wild success. Then, some dolphins decided to join in the frenzy. We were close enough to hear the water come out of their blowholes! It was really cool. We weren’t close enough to see them underwater, so Samantha continued to ask why we couldn’t get closer. They are her all time favorite animal, I think. They certainly are now, at least.
Then, on the last night we were at the beach, I was doing the final packing up and was ready to start walking up. Samantha yells that she found a sea star! I happened to have a net in my hand, so I walked down to the shore, not really knowing what I would find. She was right! It had lost an arm, but we picked it up long enough to watch it for a few minutes. It was still alive, so I didn’t want to keep it. Otherwise, what a cool find!
As soon as our feet hit the sand, they were content, which made me content. I even got to read a little while we were there!! They didn’t need me to join in the play, or worse, be the referee. It was lovely. I wish Brian could have joined us in this little bit of bliss. The weather was great, a little cloudy all day (which is perfect in my book!) and even a little thunderstorm one afternoon.
This was the first time we had gone to Perdido Key, and based on our great trip, maybe we’ll be back! We found so many great shells and animals. I’m not sure if it was the season, weather, or the area. It was nice. I’ll pass along the house info too.
The rest of the week promises the finishing touches on our summer book reports, buying some new shoes, new school haircuts… Do you see a theme? We start back to school on Monday!!