Summer Vacation

Chloe and Mommy took a vacation to California!

Chloe really loved the beach. She was fearless when it came to the ocean. I would set her down and she would immediately start crawling at top speed to the waves. As soon as the waves would hit her, you would expect there to be some sort of fear or recognition to stop and be cautious. Chloe was not afraid. If it were not for me, she would have gladly been swept off to sea. She reminded me of a baby sea turtle hatchling.

She tried eating dry sand, and loved playing in the muddy sand and getting it all over.

She enjoyed the whole day thoroughly.

I was very happy to get her to the beach. Now we just have to get daddy to the beach for a full beach day. He doesn't know what he is missing!

One thing that happened was very interesting. When I walked down to the beach with all our stuff, I was carrying way too much and almost dropped everything on several occasions. I had removed my flip flops to walk in the deeper sand, and never thought about them again until it was time to leave. I then noticed that they were missing.

I decided to walk up the beach a ways, the way we came in, even though it was not on the way to where the car was finally parked. To make a long story short, I found my flip flops a very long distance up the beach, about to be swept away by the tide! They had an adventure of their own that day, and I was very surprised to find them right where I must have dropped them hours earlier. Children ran around them all day, and they were half buried in sand, but there they were.