Once we finally made it out to Camarillo, we decided to head to the beach for a bit. It was beautiful there and remarkably uncrowded. I hadn't been to the beach in 2 years and was excited to bring Emma with me to enjoy it. Originally, the plan had been to spend a good few hours there but we ended up spending that time in traffic instead. So we only played at the beach for an hour or so. We didn't even bother with bathing suits and towels, just changed into flip flops and headed for the shore. Turns out, bathing suits would have been a waste of time anyway as neither of the little ones wanted anything to do with the water.
Emma walked right out to the shore with me when we got there and, as soon as the freezing water hit her toes, she flipped out and practically climbed up me to get away from the water. She cried for a good 2 or 3 minutes telling me how she "does not like the beach!" But, after we sat and watched the water for a while, she decided she DOES like the beach... just not the ocean part of it. She says she only likes the sand.
TJ was loving the beach, running back and forth from the crashing waves and shrieking with delight as the water ALMOST got him each time. And then Karen made the mistake of letting the water ACTUALLY "get" him, or his toes to be more specific.... Bam! Same reaction as Emma. Apparently he "does not like the ocean" either.
The only one of the kids who actually does love the ocean and would love to go in and swim is Mikayla. And she is still recovering from her electrical incident last weekend so its not like she could take her bandaged hand into the water. So she just enjoyed walking along the shore, throwing rocks, and digging for sand crabs.
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