One morning I convinced my little family to go down to the beach pretty early- at like 7- to check out a tidepool area I had seen while running. It turned out super cool, although I think Eric and I were more interested in the small, motionless creatures than the kids were haha. :)
Whitney had set down her customary walk-down-to-the-beach-hairflower on these cool rocks, so I had to capture it's beauty. Unfortunately in ALL these pictures I had forgotten to change my camera to macro mode so none of them are crisp. :(
some kind of little muscle-y shell creatures that cling on tighter if you poke them.
Owen had picked up a flower too. :)
more creatures on a cool pink hollowed-out area on top of a black rock.
Kate enjoyed wading through the surf, here she is on a high spot.
me and Owen's feet
All of our feet!
Little cute-face.
circles on the top and bottom were little jelly creatures that suck up into a tighter oval if you poke them (softly)!
His little footprints
Whit and her name
And of course, Eric found a crab! It is in the crack up top in the shade.
so naturally he had to catch it for the kids to see, and call it his pet and name it Pinchy,
all to make them giggle.
Owen's reaction to Pinchy
after a few minutes we set Pinchy free! He quickly dug his way back into the sand. We still talk about him sometimes- "I wonder what Pinchy's doing today?" or Eric will talk about how he misses Pinchy to make the girls laugh. :)
another cool creature we found
I loved these purple many-legged guys!
THis is one of the circle creatures I showed earlier while it's curling up- they are covered with tiny shells on the bottom! leeches? skeletons of tiny things it has eaten?
a purple thing and a sea urchin!
I just loved seeing these things in the "wild". :)
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