The beach was amazing as always and it was sunny right up until we had to go home - excellent time for rain! It made the drive home better knowing it was rainy on the beach.
The kids had a blast. They LOVE the beach, especially Loic. That kid loves everything on the beach - he probably picked up 100 shore crabs and told us (every crab) if it was a boy or a girl - the son of a biologist :) One afternoon while the tide was low we wadded out until I was about waist deep and we saw many, many large crabs - they were dungeness and red rock crabs. And they were huge! I taught our friend how to pick them up without getting hurt by the claws; Loic was THRILLED with this - he pet the ones I could grab. He was yelling in delight at every crab sighting too! Funny kid. He also picked up kelp, poked at dead jellyfish and basically had a blast.
Maelle loved the beach as well although I am pretty sure her favourite activity was eating snacks on a beach chair :) They were honestly very well behaved, played well together and were generally a joy to be with. They also slept well after the hours a day spent playing on the beach!! Can't beat that.
My to do list:
- hand in thesis project components on Tuesday, August 11th. Gulp
- revise said documents and prepare a PP presentation to present on Tuesday, August 18th
- after the documents have been handed in and the presentation has been given: Masters Degree completed. Whoa, I almost can't believe it!!
- After degree granted and UBC provides me with proof, I will then send in my papers and all associated information to hopefully get my RPBio status (Registered Professional Biologist). This has been a 6 year road and I am super ready to get this completed.
- Finish my remaining 8 CEUs to maintain my Certified Arborist status for the next 3 years. This is easy to do, but I am trying to find free CEUs and that is tricky. Oh well, I have 22 done - 8 will be quick to do.
Easy peasy - right??
:) The end of my Masters degree is in sight - I learned so much in the past year, but that will be another post.
Some beach pictures to end things off!!
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| Beach snacker! |
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| So so cute! And so happy |
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| He also picked up many dead crabs...... |
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| Those are my two in the distance - they were really allowed to be free range kids this trip, which was so great |
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| Friends |
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| Boat discussion :) |
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