While You Were Out

One of my favorite mornings on the coast was when Madison and I went out early with her uncle and a couple of her cousins to see the beach at low tide.

The tide was WAY out so we found a lot of great tide pools to explore.

The kids decided this little starfish needed to be rescued so they all grabbed an arm and tossed it into the sea.

I think one of the coolest things we found that morning was a sand crab. I'd never seen one before and thought the way they buried themselves in the sand was very cool to watch.

I told Madison if she ever needs to do a report on tide pools we'll be ready.

Scenes From the Coast

The Coast

So many blogs . . . . So little time.

The Ocean is for Making Sea Glass

While we were at the coast we stayed in a fantastic beach house (the one on the right).

Madison collected shells and particularly liked finding bits of sea glass. At one point she said we should throw a few more glass bottles in the ocean so there would be more sea glass.

I've managed to raise some fine environmentalists. When grandma told Kai the bathroom sink turned off automatically to conserve water, he said, "Why? There's a whole ocean out there!"

Exactly! There is a whole ocean out there, so lets fill it with glass bottles and go beach combing! Who's with me on this one?

Alert the Smithsonian

The boy is quite positive that he has found a bone belonging to a previously undiscovered dinosaur that he will call Dino-Might.

Sunset Picture Contest

The Mother-in-law and I had a sunset photo contest last night. We have three entries each, so look at them carefully and vote for the winner at the poll on the side bar.


Beth Sunset 1:

Beth Sunset 2:

Beth Sunset 3:


MIL Sunset 1:

MIL Sunset 2:
MIL Sunset 3:

Then Michael crashed the contest with this last minute entry.

Pictures From the Coast

Madison and I took a walk on the beach today. She sifted through shells and rocks while I tried to get pictures of her when she wasn't posing for the camera.




Then against my better judgment I let her take a picture of me and promised her I would put it on the blog. See I'm a good mom who doesn't lie to her children . . . all the time.