Our day at the beach

(I stole text this from an email I sent to Jeff today)

Kami and I went to the beach. We got there just before 10 and it's a really nice beach. I didn't know, though, that the water isn't open to public until after 11. They had swim lessons from 10 to 11. But they had a playground that we played on in the meantime.

Kami played with other kids. There were a couple boys playing restaurant and Kami joined in. She was the person buying and they were the cooks. They were asking if she wants french fries and burgers and whatnot. She would say "Yeah!" each time. They were pretending with rocks. Kami doesn't have a lot of experience with pretending, and she put a rock in her mouth at one point. She spit it out and then I think she caught on to the pretending thing after that. They would take turns being cook.

I think Kami is afraid of the water. There were soooo many kids there and I swear she was the only one who wouldn't go in the water. She'd go up to her ankles, but she preferred to just play at the edge of the water with her bucket. I had to hold her hand if she was going to walk in, and even then she wouldn't go in far. I tried swirling her around in the water and she would just cry. We have to work on that at the lake this weekend. I don't want her to be afraid.

There was also a set of train tracks that went right past the beach. The first time one went by Kami thought it was neat, but the second time they blared the horn and it really freaked Kami out. She was bawling and when the horn stopped she said "Bye train, bye!" Like she really wanted it to go away.

There was another little girl there that she played with for a little while. She was with her grandma. I overheard her grandma call her "Mimi". I asked if that was her name and she said her name is "Amelia" but she calls herself "Mimi". I told her Kami's name and that she calls herself "Mimi" too. So the girls were calling each other Mimi.

Kami got to pick what we had for lunch. She wanted fries. So we stopped at Arby's on the way home. She got the popcorn chicken and fries and she ate it up like she hasn't eaten in days!

Pictures from our outing: http://flickr.com/photos/themadderns/sets/72157606470701256/