We eventually got to the beach on Monday of Memorial Day weekend and it felt sooo good to feel the sun on our skin and hear the crashing waves.
We haven't got our beach routine fine-tuned just yet, so we fumbled a bit as we tried to get out of the house with way too much stuff for an afternoon at the beach. Hosing off beach chairs, searching for beach toys, trying to remember whether the umbrella broke last summer, debating whether to use last summer's sunscreen -- all par for the course during the first beach weekend of the season.
When we eventually settled in, Lyla made it pretty clear that she will need her own beach chair this summer. She kept asking "where Lyla chair" and promptly took my seat as soon as I got up.
I had some concerns about whether Lyla would still love the beach as much as she did last summer. She has become more cautious, so I wondered whether she would get upset when she got sandy or be afraid of the water. Other than the lack of nap...she was pretty pleased with the beach itself.
Lyla got braver and braver in the water.
She took a pretty big tumble in the water and rebounded. No pictures of the actual fall because we were scrambling to pick her up...
Lyla calls the shot and decided we were ready to go home. We were all down by the water and she walked back to her chair. She that little red bathing suit in the distance?
Finally, big news to report. My parents got a slide for the pool! We tried it out after the beach. Awesome, right?
I love you, Summer.
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