Ocean

There is nothing like the ocean.  Nothing.  And as far as I am concerned, there is no greater place to take your children than the ocean.  I believe it is the combination of sensual experiences that is so valuable.  Every sense is active, engaged, and busy.  Smell, touch, taste, sound, sight, and of course the sixth sense - which I think is pretty close to enightenment.

We are home now after a week at the ocean and I am going through photo after photo, and there is absolutely no way I can choose which are the best - there are simply so many photo's that are amazing.  The kids look alive, vibrant, healthy, engaged, and of course the world around them looks equally gorgeous.  The collage above just gives one a sense of exactly what we encountered daily...pebbles, water, rippley sand, and wavy sea grass.  All of it simply exquisite.