Random Day by the Ocean

It has been hot here lately. Normally we get enough cloud cover and passing rain showers that temps stay in the low 70s during the daytime. Our "winter" temps happen at night...on a beautiful star gazing clear night temps can drop to the low 60s/high50s. Okay that doesn't "sound" like winter temps, but try waking up in a house (with no insulation...just a plywood wall...not even drywall) that is 59F when you wake up. Our house in winter, in WI, was several degrees warmer than that in the morning. When you get used to certain temps here it is amazing how slight variations feel like huge temperature differences. 78F now feels very HOT to me...so much so that after we picked the boys up from school we have gone to the pool or to the ocean. The pool is amazing...it is free. I actually did some lap swimming because Tom came with us and watched Stella. This summer Stella and I will take a Mommy and Me swim class there. The boys did not want swimming lessons this year.

It is difficult to see in these pictures, but on the one lane road we take to the ocean we were behind 3 skateboarders cruising there way down to the sea. Right before we get to the beach it switches back to 2 lanes.

The boys and Tom went boogie boarding.

Below...Kyle, Reeve, Stella

Stella and I explored tide pools. Then we went in the ocean. Then into a large tide pool that was very warm and shallow. She was able to put her head under water and had fun pretending to hear listening to the mermaids.

It felt great to cool off in the warm waters. The boys had a great time on their boards and when we came home we had decided we had enough family exercise to skip our evening mile walk.