Sea Turtle Hatchling Release and Other Adventures!

Cousin Camp started yesterday when the Lone Star Niece joined us for her week-long visit in the afternoon.  We had First Day School, came home for lunch, tie-dyed shirts, had an impromptu family rock band experience, played outside, watched a movie, had dinner, read bedtime chapters and went to bed.  A great start!

Today, though - today has been amazing!  Thanks to a tip from a friend sojourning with our Quaker Meeting as she volunteers working with Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, we got up in the very, very early morning and went to the Padre National Seashore and watched a release of newly hatched baby sea turtles making their way across the beach to the ocean.  They were so itty bitty and adorable!  It was great!  Then we got breakfast and spent the morning at the beach - it was a gorgeous day.  We came home after 1pm for showers and a late lunch and now the girls are having their reading time before we do our daily craft.