Sunday, March 15, 2015

The Cool Kids

 What do we do when the weather report says it's going to be 90 degrees at the beach?  We load up the car as early as we can manage, drive on over to the Santa Monica beach house, and lay claim to four chairs in the shade.

 There's nothing better than a lounge chair and a beach towel.

And a splash pad.  There's nothing better than a splash pad on a hot day.

 And a pool.  There's nothing better than a pool. 

 And sand.  There's nothing better than a patch of sand to play in.

 Grace discovered she can fly.  She's a regular Peter Pan!

 And I spent some time just contemplating the beauty
of the day.

After some playtime in the ocean, we practiced our army crawl back to the beach house for some more fun at the splash pad and the pool.

Friday, March 13, 2015

On a Winter's Day

 Last Sunday, we headed down to Redondo Beach to spend a beautiful day at the annual kite festival.  I'd attended two years ago, but I have no memory of it for some reason.

 Grace brought along her Hello Kitty kite, which pretty much flew itself.

 Grace took her chances with the waves, taunting them to catch her.

 She was happy when they did.

And I was happy to work on my sandcastle.