Two years ago I took Theo and Beckett out of school their second week back in September to spend a day at Sandy Island State Park. We had such a magical day there, enjoying the spectacular beach and water almost by ourselves. I've wanted to recapture that magic ever since. We've been back two or three times since then but it's never been as quiet as it was that first time when we were there on a school day after the guards had closed the beach for the summer. Two weeks ago we had the chance again. I had planned to meet Auntie Alexis with the kids that day, so I'd already planned to take the day off of work and take the kids out of school. Last minute she had to cancel, so I decided to go with just the kids to Sandy Island. It's about an hour away from our house but from Reed's school, my last pick-up point, it was only about 50 minutes. I had told the kids that morning that they had dentist appointments that afternoon and that I would be picking them up after lunch at school. (I had some work to do that morning and I also felt bad about taking the kids out for the whole day, so I justified the half-day more easily.) I picked Theo and Beckett up for an "appointment" (because the last beautiful beach day of the year is an important appointment, am I right???) and when we got in the car, I told them they didn't really have a dentist appointment but that we would be going to Sandy Island. Then we went to Reed's school and picked him up, and Theo and Beckett got to tell him that we weren't really going to the dentist.
When we got to the beach, there was one other family and then three adults at the other end of the cove. A couple other small groups came and went over the afternoon but we had a huge swath of beach and water to ourselves the entire time. The water was colder than I would have liked but smooth as glass. The cold didn't stop the kids from swimming. There is something so perfect about that beach and stealing a day in September to enjoy it almost all by ourselves.
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