Beach, s’mores and 4th of July!

This year, 2019, 4th of July gave us an extended long weekend! Thursday and Friday off, amazing opportunity for a long camping trip. For the first time, we went on our own, no friends to have fun with, but also no friends to take away from our time with our awesome girls. We started 4th of July like we always do, watching the parade in our neighborhood. Knowing a fun camping trip is about to come, we were a little less patient than in previous years. It also didn’t help that Catalina’s and Amelia’s former daycare did not walk in the parade anymore.

After the parade we packed up the car and started our adventure camping. Putting up the tent never seemed easier. The girls were excited about s’mores , mommy was excited about everything. We had fun that first night. Good food smelling like smoke, a nice tent just for ourselves, the quiet nurturing of our family.

Next day we were excited to see the beach. It was so peculiar... foggy like a scary movie, but the ocean can never loose the kiddish fascination 

Running on the beach is exhausting....

We enjoyed one more pleasant evening by the fire, knowing a new day at the beach was awaiting. Next day, Better sky, the same happiness of being on the beach. We found 2 crabs that we adopted for the evening. 

Of course, this meant we had to have another trip to the beach to return them to their home. Daddy was a grinch and did not want to join us. But the girls were brave and enjoyed few more minutes on the beach. Thunder took us fast back to the tent. The night came to mommy’s delight with a true summer storm: heavy rain, thunder. A pale light in the tent, 2 gorgeous girls who slept early, mommy reading a nice, easy book. Perfection!!

We headed back the  next day, but we felt refreshed. Or at least mommy had her batteries charged. Till next year, good bye tent and hammock!