Chocolate donut in hand, toes in the sand

That’s what I wanted for Mother’s Day, and it was just as nice as I thought it would be.

We like to visit this Little Free Library on the way to the beach. We save the girls’ used books for this place now:

Tidepools always have interesting surprises. The hermit crabs at this one are always so dang cute:

It was windy on Saturday, but couldn’t have been prettier on Sunday:

Ro made lots of sand tattoos, both girls designed a couple of sand princesses, Dusty was pretty chill under his mat/chair shade, and TubaDad napped on the beach with all parts covered (he was heading out on an intl bus trip and didn’t want to be sunburned). I plopped my toes in the sand and soaked it all in:

Can you read this tattoo?:

Beach living can make you very nappy:

We’ve decided that the restaurant with the best view in Monterey is the Fish Hopper. I don’t even know how many seals and otters cavorted by while we were dining. If you want to go, make sure to pop on OpenTable first and make reservations – then you can just breeze in ahead of the crowds:

Happy Mother’s Day!

PS: It wouldn’t be a typical day in *our* life without a little chaos. While TubaDad was out getting a haircut on Mother’s Day, one daughter overflowed the toilet and told me AFTER the water was already spreading across the bathroom floor.