A Walk to the "Experiment"

We did more of the same today - beach, pool, hunting for shells, naps, dinner, you get the picture. Mom and I got up pretty early and read another chapter in my Ralph book before breakfast. We just read chapter 11 at bedtime and I think there's one or two more before we finish the book. I've really been enjoying listening to chapter books and trying to remember what happened in the previous chapter and predict what will happen next!

Dad took me to the beach this morning so mom could try to run. Her foot hurt as soon as she put on her running shoes (which are essentially brand new after buying new ones after her half marathon in February, but only running a few miles in them). She decided to try a different pair of shoes that she brought and didn't even make it a quarter of a mile before turning around. Back to the orthopedist (a different one for a second opinion, probably). She met dad and I down at the beach and daddy went for a run on the beach. It rained a little this morning, but never ended up being more than a sprinkle, so we didn't even have to go inside.

While daddy was running, mom and I went for a walk to look for more shells. We went in a different direction today and walked a half mile to a pier (aka the "Experiment")! That means we walked an entire mile and boy were my legs tired by the time we got back! But we had so much fun - I sang some songs, we held hands, we saw a BIG sand castle (like as big as our living room, big), and saw a few people fishing. At one point, I was singing the Wheels on the Bus and as I did the motion for the children on the bus go up and down, I jumped and ALL of my shells fell out of my bucket :( I got pretty sad, but mom said it was ok and helped me pick them all back up. We found some nice ones today, including one that looked like a snail shell and one that looked like a foot.

We also saw 5 different helicopters flying over the beach today! I waved at them and *maybe* they waved back. At least two of them were Blackhawks, but I'm not sure what the others were. I also saw a few people on kite boards which was fun to watch. 

After lunch, we all laid down and took a nice nap. I didn't argue with mom at all when she told me it was time to put my book down and go to sleep. I slept in mom's room again (so did mom because her white noise machine is in there), so daddy had to nap in my room - how silly is that?  We went to the pool after our nap and I met a new friend, Dominick. He just learned to dunk his head under water today, so he and I had fun challenging each other to go underwater. I got a new squirty toy for the pool and had fun trying to squirt dad while he swam away from me. I managed to get him a few times, though :) I didn't want to get off of the steps in the big pool today, but I did sing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" to mom and dad IN SPANISH! They had no idea that I knew the whole song! Ms. Carmen would be proud :)


We got showered and went to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner - it's right on the water, has a nice outdoor deck, and live music on Wednesday nights. Daddy got his usual fried seafood (shrimp and scallops), I got more fried shrimp (mom can't bear to have me order chicken fingers or mac and cheese when there's fresh seafood on the menu), and mom had some grilled fish with shrimp and scallops. Yum! I even got a piece of lemon blueberry cheesecake for dessert. 


I got to play Corn Hole while we were waiting for dinner tonight.





I was sleepy after dinner. I asked the musician to play "City of New Orleans" and he did! I think he was singing Wonderful Tonight here, and I was cuddling with dad.





More later!