HKG049: Shek O Beach

cutie workin' on her sand creations

quinn playing in the sand

view of the hills surrounding the beach

another view of one of the hills

the golden that was smart enough to pick out kids who were most likely covered in or dropping food

quinn's first nap of the day took place when we were in the mtr station

today we went to shek o beach and had a ball. first we stopped off for some lunch at an outdoor cafe near the beach and had some great chinese and thai foods. the highlight of lunch, though, was the friendly golden retriever that made a beeline for our table as soon as he caught sight of the kids. josh and i thought he was a stray and saved some tidbits to give him as we were leaving...and that's when we found out he has an owner. ooops. livie had commented that the pup smelled really good, but we kinda blew that off...it turns out she wasn't kidding...he was freshly bathed and coiffed...still happy to receive a couple bits of meat, though.

the kids had a ball as soon as we got down to the water. both are water babies and would love nothing more than to be in the water non stop for hours. last year, when we went to south carolina in april, livie braved the cold water and cold air temps without a problem, but quinn didn't like it for very long. this year is a totally different story. the air temps here are much higher than in south carolina last april, but the water temps are about the same. we finally had to leave after 2 hours because we could not convince quinn to stay on the sand and warm up...his fingers were blue and he was chattering. he absolutely wore himself out and actually took two short naps today. livie also had a ball, but surprisingly spent more time playing in the sand than in the water...i expected the opposite of each child.