mrsdamn

A holiday at the beach. Parenting somewhere different from home, at the beach. Creating memories, at the beach. For myself, my husband, and our kids, the beach will forever be a slightly magical place. It does, however, bring to mind different particulars for each person. For myself, the lack of creature comforts more exclusive to home - black out blinds to help keep the kids asleep when they need to be, wifi and easy access to charging points for phones (used predominantly as cameras at the beach), and no concerns for little frogs in the toilet cubicle or prickles in the carpet brought in on someone's shoes. For my husband, histories of every summer spent here his entire life. Thirty two years (give or take a few) of fishing with brothers, sand castles, going for long walks with sandy feet, clear moonlit skies full of stars no one's seen in a while, and let's not forget the number one drawcard to the beach house: those post-beach visit afternoon nibblies. Little piles of s