Beach Trip

When Steph came to visit this summer, we just had to spend a day at the beach. And thanks to Aunt's magical influence, Madi overcame her fear of the ocean! In fact, she loved it and was upset when it was time to leave. The first picture shows Caleb drawing his very long line. He drew a continuous line with his toe through quite a length of the sand. He was very pleased when I told him that he was an excellent line drawer. If you have any lines that need to be drawn, give Caleb a call. He'd be glad to help.

Lesson Learned

Now, if you're technologically advanced and you own a GPS, you may not need to learn this lesson. But for those of us without the fancy schmancy equipment, it's fairly important:

Lesson of the Day: When moving to one of the largest cities in America, do purchase a map of that city.

So it was that the children and I set out on an adventure on Caleb's birthday. My phone was lost amongst the rabble of boxes and chaos that comprised our living quarters. So, we had no phone, no GPS, and no city map. Some might think that this would equal a recipe for disaster, but I assumed that my sense of direction and the assistance of the locals would pull us through. My sense of direction was fine, but the assistance of the locals really messed us up. The helpful Whole Foods employee confidently sent us on a path that took us miles and miles and miles from our destination.

The upside was that we ended up close to the beach, so we spontaneously spent a fun afternoon at the beach. I guess getting lost isn't so bad if you wind up at the beach!