Scout’s best preschool buddy Riley has a private beach. I guess it would actually be his parents! They have invited us quite a few times, but the stars didn’t align until today. So on this beautiful February day (70+ degrees), we headed down. And it was INSANE! It was literally private. Very beautiful. Full of wildlife. Had awesome caves. Had shade at the beach house. (My favorite part!) And had the hostess with the mostess.
The house is in the back, and the entire cove was just for us. It was so nice not to watch you kids like lunatics because there wasn’t anyone else there!
Here are RoRo and Navy with Missy’s impressive starfish she found. The thing was huge!
Even Scout wanted to feel it.
Here is Riley with another one of the starfish.
He is the nicest boy, and was so accommodating to his body cast bud.
They played together all day long, and Riley made it all so fun for Scout.
But I will admit that Scout was super quiet at first. And I am pretty sure it was because he wanted to be in the water like all of the other kids. So thank goodness for Riley who made non water stuff so great!
Icka is really fun at the beach! She just cruises the whole time. And she was best buds with Sydney who is Riley’s younger sister.
Riley told us we needed to go and check out the caves, and so we headed over.
At first, Scout’s stroller looked to be too big, but I knew Bella could get it through. (I could have, but I had Dash in the Baby Bjorn. So I went to my trusty sister.)
And of course she came through!
Further in the caves, Riley and Icka explored the rocks.
Here Bella is accommodating Scout once more. There were some cool caves with water in them, so Bella just carried Scout to what the kids were doing. Honestly, she is AWESOME!
Here are the threesome snacking. I love that Scout and Navy’s favorite is Riley. Whenever I pick up Icka from school, I ask her who she played with and it is ALWAYS Riley. But when I asked Riley how Icka is at school today, he said, “Not very good.” But then he retracted and said he was kidding. I do believe he was kidding. But I also DO believe that there are lots of times when she is “not very good”.
Scout and Riley hung out with another buddy Hanry. Here is Scout telling him, I can;t go outside…can’t you see my body cast?” And then the explanation went on…”I was swinging really high in a swing and then I covered my cough and did a really cool trick in the air.” Then Riley piped in with, “Yeah, his dad was pushing him way too high!” Poor Micah who takes the blame for my well-mannered boy.
And here is the hostess with literally the mostess! Missy (and Paul) could not have been nicer or more welcoming. Not only did they give us access to everything, but she painted Navy’s nails, she supplied my kids with at least a box of popsicles, she had a gazillion sand toys, she made an awesome trampoline with couch pillows, she set up the “girls” area so the boys weren’t bothered, she held Dash when he cried, and the list goes on and on.
Thanks for the really fun day, and even thought I am not a beach person — I could do Abalone Beach any day!
By the way — isn’t Abalone Beach about the cutest beach name ever?
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