Vacation day 4

We had a great day yesterday! We began with a walk on the beach (pictures to follow once I get to Betty’s high-speed connection– this modem bidness is the pits). Matthew didn’t care for the sensation of the surf on his feet (which he calls “tickle tickle”), but he liked the sand, and he thought the seagulls were quite all right.
After our beach foray, we loaded up the truck and took the ferry over to Dauphin Island. We visited the Estuarium, a terrific hands-on marine museum. All three of the boys were enthralled, particularly with the jellyfish and the petting zoo tank of fish. On the return ride, we saw several pods of dolphins. Matt didn’t seem to care, and Tom had trouble spotting them, but David was delighted (and told everyone about it, loudly). After a tasty hot dog lunch, everyone took naps, except for me: I slaved away over my laptop. We made a foray to the pool, which was too cold for Matt’s liking. Are you sensing a pattern here? We made an emergency grocery store run, after which Arlene baked some chicken and made a salad and fixins’ while I took the boys for another beach walk. After dinner, the boys played for a while and hit the sack. So did we (but not until we watched the tail end of Married By America— after all, what’s a beach vacation without guilty pleasures?)