Last Day at the Beach

Our last day at the cape was yesterday. Becky and Ally and I went to the beach solo. We were feeling pretty sorry for ourselves hauling the beach chairs, snacks, cooler, extra clothes, towels etc the 3 blocks to the beach. Its amazing how spoiled a beach parking permit makes one! But we did it and we had fun just the three of us. Of course Ally kept asking "What's Grandma Debbie doing?" or "Where's Aunt Beth?" and " Where did Poppy go?" over and over again.

When we got to the beach Ally decided she wanted to stay in her stroller - we couldn't even unbuckle the straps. I think she looks like a little old lady. She asked for a blanket, and mama's shirt was the closest thing. She ate pretzels and goldfish sitting in the stroller for about 20 minutes. We read our books and enjoyed the beach.

Finally Ally was ready to play. But then she insisted on keeping her dress on.

She even wanted to wear her dress in the water, but Becky explained it would be too heavy and so Ally agreed to put on her swimsuit.

But then refused to into the ocean. Becky did though and loved it - the water was very warm this year. Ally laid down with my feet as her pillow and took a rest. If you click on the picture you can see her devilish eyes. She was not sleeping. Just having fun all curled up at the beach.