Santa Cruz I love you

This past Saturday, we headed to the Boardwalk and Beach at Santa Cruz. It was the perfect day! We spent the morning walking around the boardwalk. Holly and Conor rode a couple rides (I loved that we didn't have to pay and entry free, just for the rides we chose to go on) and then we went and grabbed some yucky carnival food for lunch. (Note to self: next time, choose the soft serve ice cream over the funnel cake) While Conor went to grab our beach stuff, Holly and I rode the 100 year old Looff carousel. It was great! Holly loves carousels and so do I. The riders on the outside edge could grab metal rings and throw them at a creepy laughing clown. The idea was to get the ring into the clown's cylindrical mouth and which point it would make a noise. Holly liked to mimic the people throwing the rings. It was really cute!

The beach was amazing! The sand was so soft and fine. Holly loved flitting around on the beach running in and out of the water, until she fell and got sucked under. Fortunately, Conor swiftly grabbed her, but she was still wary of the water for quite a while. It was fine, because Holly loved playing in the sand and laying on her stomach in the stuff. She had sand everywhere by the time we left! We had such a great time. The beach was perfect, the sun was shining, everyone was happy. We have to go back to Santa Cruz!