Crazy Casa K: Beach

February 3, 2013

My Happy Place

The "place" that makes me happiest, isn't really located in one particular location. In reality, I am happiest where the ocean meets the land. I love the beach.

Galapagos, Baja, Maui, Fire Island

It doesn't really matter where, what state, country, continent - as long as I can dig my toes into the sand, smell the salty air, hear the crashing of the waves. Something inside of me just lets go. I can breathe deeper, sleep longer, smile easier.

I'm lucky to live only 45 minutes from the ocean - but really, it's no quite close enough. One day I want to be able to live somewhere where I can hear the ocean as a lullaby and walk the beach every night to recharge. One day!

Maybe growing up in the desert made my love for the beach stronger, who knows. I hope my little guy loves the beach as much as I do...I'm spending my day dreaming of the beach. Hope you have a Happy Monday too!

What place or place makes you feel at home, content, just plain happy? Link up any relevant post about places, vacations, your favorite nook - the sky's the limit (or just comment if you don't blog)! Grab the button, link up and check out some other posts. Thanks for stopping by for week 3 of Happy Monday!

June 2, 2012

One of these days the beach will be warm...

To me, summer means warm weather, sunny skies, and if I play my cards right...trips to the beach. Growing up we would take a long weekend every year and go to the beach. We'd spend the day camped out on our towels, surrounded by thousands of people. We'd go shopping, eat beach food, ride the waves. These were some of the fondest memories of my summers.

Now that I live a mere 45 minutes from the beach, I want to make sure that beach trips are part of A's childhood memories...that he loves the sand between his toes as much as I do! But so far, every time we go, it's windy, cold and dreary! How can I teach him to love the ocean if he is always shivering with blue lips?

So we tried again, and yes, it was cold, dreary and windy. So plan B - we rented a bicycle "surry" (even had a fringe on top)...We rented it for an hour and A LOVED it. He smiled the whole time. Gave passing pedestrians the "thumbs up" sign. He waved, said bye-bye, and bounced up and down. He was thrilled to be sitting in front - though occasionally he turned around and tried to "drive."

When we had to return the surry he almost cried when we had to give back the helmet. He kept knocking on it to make sure it was still there. Overall, I think we are doing a pretty good job of making fun summer memories~now if only the weather would cooperate!