Shell Art

In between beach walks, castles, pool visits and even a bit of body surfing, we've been creating art!  You can see above just one sample of Madison's collection, a ballerina she made with sea shells glued to paper.  This calls for more seashells to be found, which we'll no doubt be doing throughout the week.  Now, we're not only looking for the nicest shells - we're also looking for the ones that have a unique shape about them, one that could be used to make a picture.

In other news, Daddy spotted a baby sea turtle this morning.  He scared an ambitious crab away from the turtle, and escorted the little guy to the sea.  Now Mommy is the only one to have not seen a sea turtle, and of course we're praying she gets that opportunity before week's end.

We've been playing cards - and even a game of Clue for the first time.  Madison figured out whodunnit, with what, and where in a special Boardwalk edition of the game.  I had not seen that version before, but in the closet of our condo are a few board games to try out, so Clue it was.  Madison quickly caught on to the idea, and was a pretty decent sleuth in the first go-round.  We'll try the game later on with more players, and see how things pan out.  But she enjoyed it anyway, her first try at this game.  Lately, we've been on a roll, so to speak, with board games for the first time:  Life, Yahtzee, and now Clue.  She loves board games quite a bit, which is great.  Today, we have apps and video games, and sometimes these board games are forgotten because of the effort it takes to set them up and so forth.  This might explain why some of them are so valuable online.  Anyway, we've got a good collection at home, and we'll keep up the board game tradition.

And so, such was our day:  not much going on, really.  But that's what this vacation is all about.  Rest and relaxation on the schedule, with no destinations in mind:  we're already there.