Beach bums

We went to Crane Beach up in Ipswich today. It was my first time there and it was very nice - I'd go again. We ended up spending about 6 hours there, and much fun was had by all. The starchild found the joys of sand, including scooting on it, digging it, rollng in it, eating it and burying herself in it. The boy enjoyed balsa wood airplanes and sand castles. I think we even spent a far amount of time in the brisk ocean. It was a beautiful day for it.

On the way back we wanted ice cream, and since we couldn't find any in Ipswich we decided to stop in Salem. Not the best idea. I think I've finally pegged what bothers me about that town, its a scuzzy town trying to pretend its reinvented itself based on sleazy fake history. Oh and it doesn't have nearly enough good ice cream stores. The boy got to go on an old three masted ship so he was happy though.

Now we're hme and the kids are in bed and peaseblossom and I are rather zoned out.