Baby's beachin'

She really enjoyed her first trip I think - though the waves were too small for surfing. She's just waiting for her Mimi for some sand dollar huntin'.

Back to Cabrillo

We were finally able to go back to the tide pools with Mike this weekend. Our timing was a little off as the tide was coming in, but it was still fun. You can't actually see the bigger area because I only took close up pictures. Joseph was quite distressed that I was the only one with out goo goo goggles. I managed.

New favorite place

It seems to be becoming a tradition that Niki visits every May (Two years makes a tradition, right? And makes it reasonable for me to expect you to return next May, right?) This year her sister Tasha came too and even though we gave them our cold, I think they had a good time.One day we went to the Cabrillo National Monument park. It is at the end of a peninsula and...well, I'll have to tell you more about it later because I didn't even look at the monument while we were there. We spent most of our time down at the water in this great little cove that I am hoping to visit as often as we can. Above: O-diddy snacking on sandwich.
It's too bad that you can't tell from this picture all the different colors in those rocks. That was my favorite part I think. That and the fact that the kids could have probably played for hours - throwing rocks, finding shells...


Anemone


When the tide comes in, this whole area is covered - so at low tide you can find tons of little creatures.
Realized recently that our friend and neighbor, Sarah was actually a camper at Camp Westminster while Niki and I were counselors. She had pictures to prove it - those were really unnecessary. Every time I look back at old pictures I see how truly long my awkward stage really lasted...I think maybe an entire decade. I may actually still be in it...
Who loves Aunt Niki?

The heavens declare the glory of God.

It's like a heat wave!

All that jabber about San Diego being paradise...I think it is the age old grass is greener sydrome. Don't get me wrong, it is lovely here. But let's face it, no place is perfect. There are down sides to not having rain - you have to sweep up ALL the hair you cut in the driveway. There is a layer of dust on everything. Your car never gets rinsed off. Spiderwebs never get knocked down. There is a down side to no cold winter - fleas don't die out for a season. Less pleasure in knitting hats and scarves. You have to find a place to store all your winter clothes that you don't want to get rid of because you will likely travel East at some point during cold weather. And 95 degrees, humidity or not, is still hot when you don't have air conditioning. We feel like Matthew Mc??? and Sandra Bullock in A Time to Kill - sitting indoors sweating all the time. (It's not really that bad - we just saw that movie on t.v. this week and I was reminded of how silly it was that they sweat so much indoors...as if Mississippi didn't get indoor air conditioning until the 70's...maybe they didn't.) Anyway, it wasn't intentional but we ended up spending a lot of time at the edge of the water this weekend. The first couple of pictures are of Sunset Cliffs at Point Loma. We will definitely go back there and I will get you actual pictures of both the sunset and the cliffs. It was getting dark and I couldn't get many pictures - but it was so pretty.

We had heard that the La Jolla seals had been scared away, but not true! Look at all those babies! There is an ongoing fight between a Protect the Seals group and those who want to use that beach and see the seals. It is kind of silly - silly how obnoxious the animal protection people are and silly how stupid people are who can't just stay off the durn beach and watch and appreciate the seals without pestering them.

Mom, do you remember that story about the two seals on the rocks last year? The one got washed off and his buddy looked so confused. That was funny. Probably had to be there.

We hope to spend more and more time at/near the water. Olivia really loves it. She begged last night to just go put her feet in it - it was already dark and she knew we were headed to get milkshakes and she still wanted to go down to the water for a minute. I need a good "going to the water routine." I get overwhelmed with the stuff you need and the mess that comes back - I am open to any suggestions. Olivia's standard question of most people we meet right now is, "Do you like cold water?" Implying that her mother does not...implying that I am a fuddy duddy mother who doesn't get in the water with her children. I need a little loosening up.