Not much different from last year – same classroom, same teachers, same hours of class time.
Elena was so glad to be back with Cathy and Katie and Pokey the Turtle. Seeing her friends again was fun too, and about half of the kids were the same, so that means making new friends also!
Who would have guessed Ocean Shores would have such beautiful weather in mid-September? 
Elena had fun being chased by waves and playing in the sand.
We camped with Maddie’s family. It was a lot of fun and we were finding sand everywhere… Next time we will bring more baby powder since it helped slough the sand off our feet before getting in the car.
It was also a great weekend for kite flying. Elena got a color your own kite which came with color crayons. We didn’t tie it well enough to the log, and it flew off. Daddy was fast and caught up to it before it got too far off. Daddy flew a red kite of his own too.
The team with Coach Angie.
Throw it to someone in purple!
Smiles on the sidelines. 
Elena didn’t want to display her cars again. Or show off her My Little Pony or Barbie collections. She didn’t even want Auntie to show her collection of horses!
We ended up displaying our vintage Fisher Price Little People. They have been in the family for 30 years and hopefully for another 30.
We didn’t leave the fair with many pictures of Elena this year. We went on ride after ride after ride and those pictures never seem to turn out. This year she was tall enough to go on at least half of the rides so we bought bracelets. She really liked the potato sack slide, the scrambler, and the hang-gliding ride. She did not care for the fun houses, she said they were weird.
