There’s a FB Messenger conversation that is probably 3 summers old now. It started as an open invitation in our circle of friends to meet at our local beach on Wednesday evenings. Bring your bathing suits, supper, kayak, whatever, just come to say hey or come for a few hours, we’ll see you there kinda thing.
Over the years, it’s still the same basic idea, but not just for Wednesday nights anymore…and we’ve made it to some, missed most but that doesn’t really matter, the invitation remains to join anyone from the group who posts their trip to the beach.
A couple Sunday nights back, Christine posted a trip to the beach with the dangling carrot of a beach bonfire in the group chat. Now, I love a good bonfire, but with the fire ban that’s been barely lifted this spring and summer, I was especially craving a good ole bonfire. And an evening on the beach to boot with friends, I was in!!
We took our usual sidekick, Marley, packed up bonfire supplies and headed to our favourite local beach to meet up with Dave, Christine, Simon and Izzy – everyone else from the chat had other plans. I had a lovely fire going in no time and sat around enjoying the sound of the kids playing before the rest of the crew showed up.
Get ready for lots of beach pictures….
We started with snacks! A bonfire just wouldn’t be complete without s’mores!! Is there anything cuter than a kid and a s’more? No, I didn’t think so!
Clearly Izzy takes cookie eating very seriously!
After bellies were full, it was time to play and explore. The four biggest kids { I’m using the term loosely!! } decided they wanted to go around the point. Izzy thought she should be allowed to tag along, too, but it’s tricky walking on those rocks!
I shadowed Izzy and we veered off to walk up along the edge of the rockier part of the beach. We found a stick and she played with it in the sand for quite some time. It was so fun to hear her chatter away in her play. She may have fed me a spoonful of sand when I wasn’t paying close enough attention to what she was actually doing as I tried to get some pictures of her!
The crew come back from around the point all safely intact. They clearly had big plans as they took off across the sand bar…
We finished off the night with some sparklers, it wasn’t quite dark enough but the kids did not care!!
It was time to wrap it up and take the tired, sandy kids home to their beds. Izzy was clearly done in and needed a snuggle with her momma! That makes everything better!
Pack it all up! Be sure not to leave anything behind! Especially the cute little ones!!
I hope your summer is filled with trips to the beach with friends!! If you are in Nova Scotia, there are lots to explore…granted, I think the best beach is also the one closest to us!!
Warmly,
Lori
