this mornings beach trip

by purplesofa 15 Replies latest jw friends

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I got up at six am, and immediately had baby duty. Apollo, my seven month nephew. I usually ride the bike to the beach in the early morning.

    This morning stroller, diapers, bottles, binky, baby and I head off for the mile walk to the ocean.

    I was going to eat breakfast at the Beach Diner, but decided to go to McDonald's instead. I ordered a big breakfast and a large ice tea.

    The table tops are surf boards, tiled floor that looks like ocean water. Elvis is there, with guitar. Jukebox playing Bob Marley. How cool is that at 7am?

    We take the rest of the walk down to the beach. The walk turns to bricks and Apollo loves going over all the bumps, giggling all the way.

    I was not going to go to the water, pushing a stroller over soft sand with a twenty pound bouncing baby boy in it seemed impossible. But we went anyway.

    I put Apollo's feet in the ocean, He played with the gulls. There was a huge cache of seashells that I picked through. I got alot of pink shells today.

    There were joggers and that stopped to oh and ah over the baby. Walkers, and bikers. Fisherman on the shore, fishing boats along the shore.

    It was awesome and the baby loved every minute of it.

    I was going to catch the bus back to the house, but walked instead. The baby is asleep. All is good.

    And it's not even ten am.

    Have a great day!

    purps

  • LovesDubs
    LovesDubs

    Thats a prime example of stopping your crazy life to "smell the roses" Purp :) Thanks

    I took my two youngest to a little water park with a slide and diving board and stuff yesterday and even though we were only there an hour before a storm moved in...we had just as good a time sitting under the eaves there talking and laughing, then hitting Burger King and coming home in the rain to change into comfy clothes and curl up on the couch together to watch a movie in the afternoon.

    Its the little things. :)

  • wings
    wings

    thanks for sharing....you gave me a smile, and I needed one.

    wings

  • Quandry
    Quandry

    Oooooo, sounds like a good time.

    I moved to Texas from Florida. I miss the beach, especially the gulf side. The water was soooo warm.

  • *summer*
    *summer*

    What a lovely morning you had!

    May the rest of your day be as perfect~

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut

    My current journey is that of enjoying the moments and making the best of them.

    I can learn alot from Purps. Thanks for posting.

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I will try to get some pics posted soon.

    you guys will love them

    purps

  • insearchoftruth
    insearchoftruth

    Am envoius, sounds like a wonderful morning!!!!

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    What a great morning! It played in my mind like a movie. Thank you.

  • sweetstuff
    sweetstuff

    Ok, you've inspired me Purps to go to the beach tomorrow morning with my kiddies. I'll have to drive, too far to walk, but it will fun no less. We went on the weekend and the girls collected every rock you can imagine, my oldest was so stoked to find clear quartz, cause she's really into geology. Go figure.

    But morning with a breakfast out and the beach sounds great, I'm a gonna do that tomorrow.

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