So, on Thursday Emily and I went out to Crystal Cove to meet up with the cousins. We got to the sand after they had so we just walked our way down to them. See them down there?
Nope? Yeah, we didn't see them either - lots of parking options means people can be SPREAD out! Luckily we did meet up with them after a while and ended up turning around to walk back in the direction of our car. Emily was really happy to see her "friends" and loved walking along with Cole.
As soon as we got settled though, Emily was thrilled that Lauren wanted to splash around in the water too!
Why they wanted to be in the water... who knows?! It was pretty cold!
After a while everyone got involved in sand castle building.
Okay, not so much for Emily.
Instead, she ran around...
and waited for someone to be ready to go in the water again.
Eventually there were three in the water...
but when the sand castle needed some more work, Emily asked if we could go to the tide pools and see the animals.
We had to look around for a couple minutes...
before we found some sea life.
Like these Anthopleura - intertidal sea anemones. Watch. First, it is open...
and after a soft brush with a stick, closed.
While I thought the anemone's were cool, Emily's favorite were the crabs!!
We watched them for a while...
but when the view from where I sat started looking like this...
we left the tide pools, went back to our family, and packed up. A chilly but really fun day at the beach!
Beach time: 4+ hours (through nap time) Sleep that night for Emily: 11 hours. 
Wow!Looks like y'all had the whole beach to yourselves! Such a beautiful place to play around in. Good for Emily for wanting to go in the water!
ReplyDeleteHooray for 11 hours of sleep!!!! Oh, and all the fun with cousins too. ;)
ReplyDeleteJust a FABULOUS picture of the 4 of them!! Emily is really going to miss all the friends she had this week. Yeah for the brave "swimmers"!
ReplyDeleteBIG hugs ~mimi
It's my turn to second Mimi on the fabulous picture of the four of them...of course, how could you go wrong? No prejudice here!!! Sure would be a nice (early!)present for Mother's Day(or Grandmother's Day!) for someone I know..Hurry up before it becomes out of date!Wish I could hug you all!
ReplyDeleteNana
What a fun day at the beach with your cousins! Doesn't look like the cool weather stopped you much from having a super time!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful place to visit! Looks like you guys are having lots of fun with your cousins!
ReplyDeleteJealous!! Can't wait to come visit!! Beautiful!
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