it is somewhat funny to me because i am not a "beach person"...my favorite memories of the beach growing up are bonfires...all i remember of the daytime at the beach is sunburns...lots of sunburns...and luckily i found a man who also didnt care for laying out :) but then we had these kids...these kids who LOVE the beach...they get to the beach and all of the sudden they are happy and love each other and dont fight and play around without complaining for hours and hours and all of the sudden, this not-a-beach-type mama is now very much a beach type mama. i just need to remember to bring my umbrella...which i wont forget, but the problem is these boys dont like to sit under the shade with me....harumph...
as you can see in the pictures that this is not a normal beach...it is in fact the beach to the canals, which is a part of venice in long beach - its perfect for us - free parking, not crowded - no waves and a looooong shallow wade-in to the water...makes it easier to let them go and run around in the water knowing i have a good minute or so before i have to dive in...but there is also a lifeguard, so maybe they would want to do that part anyway - the only downsides to this beach are lack of bathrooms and sticky sand...man...that stuff is everywhere! one time we took our fishing rods out here and let the boys run around while we fished...we didnt catch anything, but we hear its a good spot...
i did leave the comfort of my shade and even though i was wearing spf 30 i still managed to burn a part of my back...but the sandcastle and moat we built was worth it...even if it was almost impossible trying to keep the bobby dragon from destroying it...or eating it i should say...i kept waiting for it to get old - all that sand eating...maybe his diet is low in iron?
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