Scott started something that I'm sure will be a continued tradition at the beach....night crab catching. He took the kids down to the beach one night with one flashlight, a bucket and a net. When they all came back to the beach house, no one could stop talking about catching crabs. There was this awesomely spooky heat lightening that night, so that, combined with crabs darting toward you in the dark was pretty exciting. We all went the next night and it was just as exciting as the kids described. David held the flashlight, Trey held the net and caught any poor crab that happened to come across our beam and then Scott would pick it up and put it in the bucket. The best part was when the kids would gather around the net watching when all of a sudden the crab would get away and go right toward them, sending everyone, including me, screaming and running. I wish I had some pictures of that adventure.
Last year Trey and Lydia became beach buddies. I'm not sure it happened, but Lydia always hung out with Trey in the water. This year it seemed like Lydia remembered this and they has some more Lydia/Trey beach time.
5 comments:
cool. did you cook the crabs or free them?
I love these terrific pictures!!! It looks like the perfect vacation--nothing better than fun in the sun with the cousins.
I can't even pick my favorite picture because they are just too cute!!
PS ~ I would have stayed far away from the entire crab adventure.
Did u use the crabs in "Chopped- Oak Island"?
good idea, troy...
each dessert must incorporate the 3 mystery ingredients from the beach: crab, jellyfish, and stray flipflop.
Ha! We let the crabs go the next morning. Unfortunately the smallest crab did not make it through the night. Apparently the 4 large crabs decided to make an example of it. The next morning the 4 large crabs were spaced out in the bucket, backs against the wall, facing toward the middle. In the center of their circle was the remains (the pinchers) of the small crab and the sand all pushed together. Very creepy. The small crabs got their own bucket the next time.
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