The Beach: Finally

Lots of beautiful sailboats around here

She could have played in this sand all day

Now that we have moved to the CT shoreline, we live just a 5 minute drive from 3 beaches.  Now imagine living here for 3 weeks with a 6 year old and not going right away.  Lily Grace has been chomping at the bits to get to the beach.  After a little more than 3 weeks with all the boxes finally unpacked, we did just that last Friday.  We hit the beach for the entire day.  We had the best time.  The weather is wonderful here.  The water...COOOOOLD.  Having grown up in the south and around the Gulf of Mexico, visiting the Atlantic was a little different.  Obviously the sand...it's  brown and not white.  We don't have huge waves as the water is much calmer.  However, I've pretty much decided that the beach is the beach.  A chair by the water, seagulls overhead, views of passing sailboats, sand in your toes and the smell of the salt water... and it's all good.  
Lily Grace had the best time and would have stayed even longer if she could have.  We loved the quick trip home to rinse off and can't wait to make it back.