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Sam slept in an hour late this morning, so he got over 12 hours of sleep last night! Wow! So I got Ben fed and ready, printed out my tardy letter (which explains my policy is to not wake children before third grade because sleep is just as essential as proper nutrition and exercise to neural development) and waited for Sam to come out. He did, all dressed and rather smiley. It was worth the wait! So we grabbed a can of Ensure Plus, a banana and off we went to school on bike and foot. It is very relaxing to be late. There is no mad panic to save 42 seconds enroute. From school Ben and I decided to jog down the beach even though I had plans to finally return to the Y for yoga after a long hiatus. Well…our beach sojourn ended up being way too fun so I had to cancel the Y, but it was well worth it. This is one of the reasons I like being uncommitted most mornings. You just never know where the next surprise blessing will come from. Thanks to Dave working so hard, I can give the boys that freedom while they’re small to explore and roam, picking up friends and adventures wherever we go.

Here’s what we saw while we were out which delayed our timetable to get to the Y…from an email to my brother with the video above attached:

It started out a good morning – we were greeted by a honu head popping out of the water as I took my running shoes off to jog down the beach with Ben. Then when we got halfway between Castles and Kalama we saw these two guys…They were reaaally working these tiny waves for all they were worth. Ben and I watched for a while and clapped. The guy shown surfing was all smiles when he came up and saw us watching. We gave a thumbs-up and clapped and he waved, then dove back in the water, then jumped up on his short board and rode it back out through a wave briefly. They seemed to enjoy our tiny audience. Everyone else was walking by not even looking out to see them. The waves were that insignificant, but the show they put on was like a mini pipeline. Although my movies don’t show it, they often rode further on the waves after doing a spin on the crest. They really pumped the waves, didn’t they?!