Beach Blanket Bingo

We are really enjoying our trip to the Cape.

Lots of family time.

Lots of beach time.

Such a fantastic combination.

Going to sleep tonight E said to me, "I love this house, Mom."

Me too, E.  Me too.

It's not a trip to the Cape if you don't get some saltwater taffy.  Yum.

Girls favorite flavor this year:  cotton candy.  Can't blame them.  Tastes just like it.

Here is a minnow E caught today.

The minnows get big this time of year.

We headed down to the beach this afternoon when the tide was still coming into shore.

Which means there were lots of tidal pools.

One particular tidal pool had a few crab(blue claw) carcasses.  We noticed that the minnows were surrounding them to clean out the meat that the seagulls hadn't been able to get.

So, D&E decided to use a couple of the crab carcasses as bait to catch the minnows. Especially the big minnows.  They're smart & fast.

It worked like a charm.

E caught lots of minnows.   And a few large minnows.  Happy girl.

Ah, this picture makes my heart happy.

E reading on the beach.  We were out on a sandbar waiting for the tide to come in further.  So we could swim.

D in the background, happy as a clam(pun intended!), just playing in the shallow water.

It makes me so happy to see my girls enjoying the same beach that I did at their age.

Sissys together at the beach.  Absolutely love this.

And absolutely love seeing them together like this.

Makes up for all the times they were bickering over the last week or so.

potd #214.  Happy card players.  D & Nana.  Such great, fun memories being made.  And Nana is always ready with a smile for the camera.