January 13th!

What did you do on January 13th? While much of the country was enjoying snow, Grace and I headed to the BEACH!!! In January! I was trying to think of something fun for us to do that didn't cost anything and I was stumped. Finally I thought about what a beautiful day it was and I had heard it was supposed to be about 75 degrees at the beach, so we headed off! We went to the small cove near Corona Del Mar beach where we could park for free on the road and walk down to the tide pool area.

We happened to get there right at high tide which wasn't my plan, so we spent a while making an awesome sand castle. We played in the creek bed that heads into the ocean. The water was cold, but not too too bad.

We had a great time, Gracie and I playing in the water, having lunch, finding shells and exploring the rocks. We found some crabs, sea snails and other ocean life after the tide started to lower. Grace loved walking on the rocks and looking around, but really did not want to have anything to do with the actual animals. What a beautiful day! The fact that is was in January just made it all the more fun.

These are our "mermaid" pictures. Grace took the one of me all by herself!

Happy January!