Low tide

Monday we went with friends (including some relatives, but heck, they're friends, too) to a beach on the Sound to check out the low, low tide. We had a great time. I'd show you what a great time, but the only camera I had there was my cell phone, and it doesn't take great pictures. Enough to text to Michael and say Wish U were here, but not enough to do really anything else.

The others got there before we did (Sim's morning nap slows us up on some of these outings), but we still got to see some cool stuff. We saw a couple of crabs, a bunch of dogs (these inspired the usual terror in my older children), and lots of sand. Naomi spent the first part of our time avoiding getting her hands dirty. Once she actually got her hands in the sand, she actually came to like it quite a bit, building wet sand hills industriously. She didn't like that it stayed on, though. Hannah had a great time playing Paul and Maureen with her older boy cousin. That's from Misty of Chincoteague, you know. It was the perfect venue for it.

Simeon was not terrified of the dogs; he found them quite compelling. He also wanted to get down and play with the sand and rocks, but I've seen what he does with anything he gets his hands on, and I don't think he needs sand in his digestive tract. At least, not that much!

When asked by Michael later what she'd done in school that day, Hannah responded, "Nothing! Well, I guess the trip to the beach counts as a field trip. Does it, Mom?" We only have a couple of math lessons to go before school's officially out for the summer, but we'll continue with field trips like that, for sure!