When the Beach Is Closed....

We spent the weekend with the Best family in Bethany Beach. They were so nice to host us for the fifth time.

Here is a picture of Wesley and Josiah looking at the beautiful flower garden.    

Friday night, Wesley, Lydia, and James played bingo across the street.  On Saturday, the water so rough that the beach was closed so Lang and Chris took the kids over age two crabbng.  They used chicken necks as bait.

I heard James, Lydia, and Joseph mostly ran around and played.

Here is Lang holding one of the crabs the kids caught.

Wesley with one of crabs.  James had a measuring stick with him.  The crabs had to be 5 1/2 inches to keep.

Wesley caught a horseshoe crab!  You can't really see its tail in this picture.  He threw the crab back.

Lydia held a crab also.

The kids checking their traps.

The kids pulled the traps up and dropped them in the water since kids under 16 don't have to have a license.

Later the boys had a water gun fight.  Wesley came in the house, soaking wet, and begged for a hot shower.

Lang cooked a delicious seafood dinner in the deep fryer - mussels, clams, shrimp, spicy sausage, potatoes, corn, and onions.

Since the kids didn't catch any crabs big enough to keep, Lang bought steamed crabs.  This looks like a perfect dinner to me - beer and fresh seafood.

Lang demonstrated the right way to open the crabs.  And yes, we ate all this food.

John and Michelle.

The next day, I realized that Wesley and Lydia ate that yummy dinner in their pajamas.  Josiah ate a surprising number of shrimp and a few clams too.  Wesley loved the crabs and corn and he ate a few clams and shrimp.  Lydia loved the crabs and shrimp.  She was broken out in spots all over her face, arms, and legs.  I thinking she was having an allergic reaction to something because the spots did clear up (though not completely) with Benadryl.    Since we know she is isn't allergic to shell fish, she was able to enjoy the delicious dinner.

The adults played Rummikub while the kids watched a movie and we continued to play after the kids went to bed.  The night before we played Sequence.    I love playing games like that but I don't get to play very often.  Wesley does play Mexican Train with me sometimes.