Last morning at the ocean...

Well, it had to happen. Taylor tried to go up the stairs on her own, she did not want to wait. She loved following grandma upstairs. The dreaded thud on the wood floors, and the tears...so sad. It was only off the bottom stair that she slipped, buy still sad. She quickly recovered and here she is holding hands and being much more careful.

This is Taylor's favorite side of the house to walk on...Taylor and grandma had taken a couple of walks to find "holly and ivy." Taylor wore the head lamp and grandma made the clippings to make a wreath.
They made it back safely every time. They were secret, night time pruners...I'm sure they had permission...
It was such a nice getaway...I enjoyed it! My wonderful friend Erin let us borrow her portable DVD player for the eight hour drive. It was so handy that I purchased the same one the day after we returned. Taylor called it the Charlie Brown box. It would have been the Dora box, but I forgot that DVD...

Day 2 at the ocean

The second day we gathered rocks for grandma and grandpa's fireplace. Taylor still thought the ocean was, "loud...it's so noisy." We carried her if we were on the rocks by the ocean.

Hey grandpa, that's not a rock...
We also found some sea shells...
In the afternoon, we went over to look at some tide pools and found more rocks and shells.
The tide is high. Grandma says when it's low they can walk out to that island behind us. That would have been neat to see.
Sea urchin...
Taylor likes to ride on daddy's shoulders... You can see she is getting tired...
...and she is out...
Below are wood ducks. I had never actually seen them before. If you click on the picture, hopefully, you can see them a little better. Their colors are brilliant.
I nice sunset walk on the beach. Ben and I were surprised to see the nice sand. The tide had been high up until this point. It would have been a nice walk, but....
Taylor kept saying, "go back to my house." The ocean is just too loud for her. She really did not care for it.
Taylor liked playing with this adorable little tea set her grandma brought to share with her...Taylor does serve great tea. It was nice listening to the sound of the ocean...from the safety of the house...