Lucy napped on the way down, which was the plan, as it was a 2 1/4 hour drive. For some of the time she was sleeping with her head drooped forward and making really cute snoring sounds.
Here's a random picture of her in the carseat. ;)
Once there, we headed to the beach with some friends. It was close to high tide, but the water stays shallow for a long time, interspersed with islands of sand and grass. The weather was perfect- sunny, warm, with a strong breeze. Matt stayed back on the shore with some friends while we waded out into the channels of water. Lucy's shorts soon got wet as it got a bit deeper, and she kept saying, "I getting totally wet!". So I decided to strip her down- we've done the regular diaper in water before, and it quickly becomes so heavy with water it won't even stay on. Lucy had such a great time splashing in the water, which was up to her waist most of the time, running around and falling down in it (on purpose). We walked together holding hands, me holding my skirt up a bit to keep it dry, surrounded by blue water, patches of bright green dune grass, and rippling sand. It was so beautiful. We saw 4 horseshoe crabs on our wanderings in the shallows. I'd never seen them alive, and it was cool how they coasted along the bottom. I was a bit freaked out too, as they have those big stingers, but they were happy to mind their own business. Lucy also found a hermit crab in one of the little tidal pools. She thought it was a spider at first, which was a good comparison.
The rest of the day was fun too, talking with friends and eating good food. We didn't get on the road until after 7, and even though I conked out, Lucy stayed awake the whole time, until we put her to bed at home around 9. I couldn't believe it! Apparently she kept singing songs and talking to Matt the whole way home, and telling him, "It really dark outside".
This evening we had dinner out on the porch- the first time this season! The mosquitos weren't out yet and it was a beautiful evening. We could hear the tree frogs starting up and the birds too.
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who needs pictures when you write so well.
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