“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” --Jacques Cousteau --

Today we took Evelyn to the beach for the first time! She was pretty amazed and fascinated by it all and it was so fun to watch her! We took her up close to the water and she was just staring and staring at it and laughing. Then we put her down real close to the water as the waves came in and she was a bit scared. It was so cute! I didn't put her feet in though cuz it was COLD! It was cloudy and a bit windy today so that kinda sucked but it was still pretty decent out. Gotta love SoCal! :)

After that we went up to sand and let her sit on the beach towel and she discovered the sand. She kept picking it up and it kept falling out of her hand and she was just like, what? Why does it keep running out of my hands? She tried over and over to pick it up and fortunately only put her hand in her mouth once when there was no sand. :) She loved it though!!!! It was so funny to watch her and I look forward to bringing her again!

She was pretty flabbergasted by this new texture...

She kept trying to grab it, and grab it...

and was just so enthralled and mesmerized by the whole thing.

Kept her busy for quite awhile!

This girl is so darn cute!!!!

The downside to this all is that Evelyn also got her first sunburn today...just a little one but still a sunburn, poor thing! I was so prepared though, I had sunblock for her and a hat and everything but totally forgot to use any of it. So next time I'll actually have to use it!