Half Moon Bay State Beach

The second adventure I planned while visiting my parents was what spark the trip.  Ava said she really wanted to go to the beach.  She asked me if we could go, so I thought why not.  We decided to go Half Moon Bay State Beach.

We headed to the beach in the morning and planned to stay for lunch.  We packed food, supplies and sand toys.  Ava really wanted to wear her swim suit and play in the water even though it was freezing cold.  Her response is, "I like to be cold."  Unlike, her I do not like to be cold and was foolish not to pack warmer clothes.

The first thing Ava did was play in the sand.  She got out her toys and started filling up a bucket with sand.  Then Ava decided she needed water, so Papa and I got her buckets of water from the ocean.  Ava and I made a little sand castle, but nothing as grand as Rich would of made.  We definitely missed daddy's sand castle skills.

After a bit she decided she wanted to play in the water.  Usually, Rich takes Ava into the water, so I can stay warm, but today it was all me.  That meant I had to be brave and get wet.  Ava is pretty silly because she talks a big game, but as soon as she gets in the water everything changes.  Instead of liking to be cold she clung to me and practically dragged me down.  At one point she was hanging on me like a monkey and a big wave got my bottom half completely wet.  After that we didn't last much longer.  We were all cold, so we ate lunch and went home.

It was a fun day at the beach, but it would of been better if Rich was with us.  Ava and I really did miss him.