Just another Monday

R had one final day off before starting that wonderful resident workload (80 hours a week my eye), so we decided to take a little adventure. Alan told us about a little beach that he and his family have been to quite often out here, so we decided to follow his family's tradition for today.

We left at about 6:30 this morning to make sure that we beat all the LA traffic heading to the beach. We just headed west and hit beaches within five miles of our home (that's right, 5 miles!). Then we drove along the Pacific Coast Highway to see all the beaches for the next few miles. Santa Monica has great beaches that weren't all that busy on a Monday morning (I'm sure that would be very different if it were Saturday), but we wanted "Juju's Beach" a few miles north. We found it (along with free parking!) and had the beach basically to ourselves for the next few hours.

A absolutely loves the beach. At first she wasn't quite sure about the waves and tried to jump over them as they hit her feet. Then she figured out that she could feel the water better if she put her hands in the waves. That first wave that hit her while she was squatting down "feeling the water" really splashed her (face, hair, everything) - I was afraid she would be afraid of the water at that point. But she wanted more!

She also loves the sand and digging around, burying R up to his ankles in sand at one point. I guess my next garage sale purchase will have to be sand toys. We'll work on building castles.

So what did you do with your Monday morning?