Spring Break

We had an exciting Spring break. We had a ton of fun. I forgot that I had any kind of responsibility at home and just enjoyed my kidos. I really hope that we made some good memories! We did some fun things. Tom took a day off and we went to one of our favorite spots - Shell Beach. It is always a new adventure each time we go there.

Of coarse, business had be taken care of first. Tom always has to fish (or rather pry) some oysters off of the big oyster rock so her can bring them home. (((Yuck))) I will cook them for him. He gets them open and cleans them. I prepare them and then we BBQ them. I really can't bring myself to eat one. They are just to slimy.


He had brought his swimming trunks with him. We timed the tide just right and it was way out. He wasn't expecting to get as wet as he did. Of course the water was freezing cold and it was hilarious to watch this whole process.
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We always find lots of sea life, but this time we found some things that we hadn't seen there before. The kids found a baby octopus in one of the tide pools. We found a sunflower sea star and several crabs. Taylor caught several little fish in his bucket. The were more rocks covered with oysters where the kids could get to. They had fun trying to pull the smaller ones off from the rocks, it is hard work.

Parker had such a sad pouty face here. He was really upset with me when I told him that we had to put the sea stars back and that we couldn't take them home. He had trouble with this. He didn't realize that we couldn't keep them as pets. He said we can get a tank. I told him that they needed salt water, he said that we could put them in Nana's and Papa's tank (they have a salt water tank.)




There was run off from the rain. It formed a little stream, reaching to the ocean. The kids and Tom tried with all their might to build a dam and stop it. No matter how hard they tried, it didn't work. It made it to the ocean.



It was a really nice day. We had not planned on getting wet because well, the water is freezing. Bailey and Taylor could not help themselves.