Finding Sand Dollars

Last weekend we went to the beach. The kids loved looking for sand dollars on the beach. At first we only found broken sand dollars. Then my 7 year old found a whole sand dollar. He was hooked. He was no longer interested in the broken sand dollars. He wanted the rare whole sand dollar from then on.

I tried to help search the sand for whole sand dollars. They were more difficult to find that broken pieces. They usually remained whole when they were partially hidden in the sand. So you could only see a small white flat circle sticking out of the sand. I saw something that looked like part of a sand dollar. It was small and white and flat and a circle. I called to my 7 year old and said, "It looks like a sand dollar over there."

He looked up and over to the spot where I was pointing. He said, "No mom, that's just bird poop."

Ahhhh... Nothing like a day at the beach.

Back From the Beach

We went to Ocean Shores WA this weekend. Here is a picture of my 5 year old enjoying the beach this morning before we left. I'm not ready for my short vacation to be over.