Blog | Spring Beach ...
During B’s school break, we headed to the beach for some fun. It is a long drive, and the girls were going crazy when we stopped for lunch, so we found a patch of grass and ran races, did high knees, did jumping jacks, etc. Basically, we wore them out.
Worked like a charm…
I think the girls were excited to get to the beach…
We mostly played outside as much as possible. The girls seemed to prefer the pool area for playing, though we confined M to the splash area (no pool until potty trained). Both had a great time despite the restrictions.
I did take M on the lazy river with me once.
And, of course, we did spend time on the beach. One day we found a huge hole someone had dug, so the girls just had to continue the effort.
We also had races on the beach, which led to this:
And we just generally played.
This trip was not all fun, however, as Djadju’s health went from not great to imminently terminal over the course of a few days. Thus, I spent more time with Mimi sitting with him. The girls understood and handled it like champs. They also got to say their goodbyes to Djadju, which I think was nice. While his passing was unsettlingly quick, in many ways that quickness was a blessing. And an unexpected benefit to all that happened is that we ended up spending at least part of Mother’s Day with Mimi before we had to leave.
