this last weekend we went to santa monica beach. it was M's first time at the beach. we thought she would enjoy it as much as C did when we first took her, but we were surprised to see that she didn't like being in the water. i guess the waves were a bit scary to her.
so she preferred walking at the edge of the water, with dadda always watching nearby. she found a few tiny shells, lots of sea weed, but that scared her, too! and dadda showed her how to dig in the wet sand to find sand crabs. she didn't like those, either. you could see the pier in the background.
C was happy to play on her own. she was careful not to get too deep, but would carefully test herself to see how deep she could get. she definitely is a water baby! 
M decided she liked it better next to mommy where she could play with the dry sand. when we had enough of the beach, we packed up and walked over to the pier where my husband and i took turns riding with C on the rides. M fell asleep as soon as we started packing and unfortunately missed out on the fun we had at the pier. and she had been asking to go there when she decided she didn't want to play in the water. sorry M! i rode on the roller coaster with C and dadda got to ride with her on the ferris wheel. we had lots of fun and hope we'll be able to make more trips to the beach before the end of summer. hopefully M will give the beach another chance!
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