mw beach party

for over 10 years (i think), our firm has had our summer clerk beach party at the same beach house in galveston. but that house is no longer there after hurricane ike. sooo...we've moved the beach party to one of our partners' homes in seabrook. it's right on the bay. it is a gorgeous property, and em got to go to the "beach" for the first time ever. she just loved it...until the end. you'll see why.

the sand was pretty firmly packed, but she managed to get enough to build a sandcastle.

look at how pink her cheeks are, lol

there was a generous slope into the bay, and em could run out pretty far with the water no higher than her thighs

fearless!

that's me in the black dress, hot as heck. and the blue house on the left is my partner's house. pretty awesome to just walk out back and be at the beach everyday.

she kept scooping up the sand, even though it looked more like mud to me

examining it

and this is what i saw (but with both hands) as she ran out of the water to me. "ahhh, dirrrrty!" it only took her 30 minutes to realize this. and that was the end of her fun. she is definitely her mother's daughter. except for those few minutes when the other kids introduced her to the whih bitty frogs in the garden. didn't phase her one bit. ick!