Thursday...new frock at the beach

We had a lovely day out with friends today. 

It was a sudden sunny day, where you get a taster of the better weather to come.  So we headed to the beach for the first time this year.

The big children had a great time doing something or other slightly dangerous looking at the waters edge.  The smaller one was just happy to be on pebbles and in the sun, and explored the area around me, which got gradually wider in circumference as her confidence grew.  We looked at the water a few times, but decided it probably wasn't that great.  The weather was so mild,  Abi wanted ALL her clothes off.  We had to compromise, and it was very sweet to see her pottering about in her mama-made dress.  It works!

And then, as we neared home, tired and hungry a pretty mucky...we saw this (which was of course much prettier IRL)...