Beach Day

Here's the girls, back on the beach!  The weather down here is warm, and just about perfect.  The sunlight is bright, and the day was really nice here at Daytona Beach.  But it wasn't a nice day for this guy here, I guess.

Look at the size of this jellyfish!  If only there were a peanut butter fish nearby.  Madison was enjoying the walk along the water, although it was pretty chilly ocean water.  The sun was warm though, and we were enjoying kicking water up, and collecting shells.  Mommy found a few nice shells along the way.

So we've always got this little checklist going with each trip to the beach.  For example, we have to do a board game.  Check!  We got two in today, actually three.  Early on, there was Star Wars Monopoly.  In honor of the Chinese New Year, we also played a few rounds of "Lanterns."  And later tonight, the whole family did a few rounds of dominoes as well.

Daddy was reading on the balcony, "Downward Spiral," and Madison was watching movies or watching the Olympics with us.  We saw the ski jump for a bit today, including that guy from Norway:

The handlebar mustache is what seals the deal.  Reminds you of some sort of World War I flying ace or something.  We also saw some of the luge competition as well, pretty much watching different events on and off throughout the day.  Even curling, which is something we never really got to watch entirely before.  Oh, and that crazy short track speed skating, which is so unpredictable.

Daddy was doing some writing for the yearbook too.  And all the while, Madison was asking for words for her Mad-Libs, which she's been wanting to do over and over again.  She's been getting into those.  We also built a Tinker Crate project, the two of us creating a pull-copter, and launching discs upward to the ceiling.  It's a bit too windy here at the beach to try it out there, so we might wait until we get home to test it out for height.

Tonight, the grown-ups were watching "Victoria and Abdul," the first time for the grandparents, who had no idea about that particular story of the former queen.  Meanwhile, there was delicious ice cream on the table, and dolphins outside too.  You could see them from the kitchen table, out there playing in the waves and looking around for fish.  Occasionally, one would jump up out of the water.

Such a nice thing - can't believe you can used to that sort of thing, but there it is.  Each day, the in-laws wake up to this sort of view, and for a brief vacation here, we are as well!