Beach Day!

So we ended up at the beach! It was such a great time, I really needed it and Delaney had a blast. My mom came over to our house, we packed up and were on our way. The drive left something to be desired -- back in H.S. the beach was 20 - 30 minutes away, today it took almost 1hr, 30min. We were almost there, and I had to really pee and didn't want to go in the little beach porta potties so we stopped at BK and went in. Delaney had been getting restless in her carseat so she needed a break, even though the beach was only 10 more minutes away. It was about 10am, and we walked out of the bathroom and my daughter starts up with "Fries?" I was cracking up. Of course then my mom feels bad and we get hash browns & milk (cokes for us) and sit for 20 minutes while Delaney scarfs down some hash browns. To be fair, she probably was hungry, she doesn't like to eat breakfast as soon as she gets up, and I gave her a waffle straight out of bed.

Anyway -- on to the beach, we drove down to 27th Ave. and drove on the beach, no way were we trying to carry stuff on with a toddler. Went about a mile north and parked. Low tide was at 2pm, so we were in good shape, since we knew we wouldn't stay much past lunch time. Delaney got so excited when she saw the water...since she'd never been to the beach, she kept saying "POOL!" and giggling. Once we got out of the car and got her suit on her, etc. we walked to the water. It was a little cold, but she walked right in -- no fear at all. We put our stuff up and dug a mini hole for her, she sat there and played 95% of the time we were at the beach! We played with her, then my mom and I would take turns going out into the water to cool off. We had filled Delaney's hole with water, so she was doing good. Sprinkled about 20 minutes after we got there, but we stayed put and it cleared up...the day was so gorgeous! Headed out around 12pm, stopped at the same BK's and had lunch (unless we went to McD's or a local place we would have had to go out of the way, and it had been a while since I went to a local place) then got home around 3:30pm I think. All in all it was a great day -- we took loads of pics!

Went straight into the water...she loved it! Gorgeous Atlantic Ocean, as always!
Cutie, playing in her "sandhole"

Mommy & Delaney

Hopefully we'll be planning more beach ventures in the near future!