back-blip

Today we piled into two cars and headed towards the beach at Le Touquet. We left in bright sunshine and the closer we got to the beach...the wetter it got. When we arrived we actually sat in the cars for a good five minutes waiting for the rain to ease up. Not that we aren't used to rain, we just weren't prepared for it having left the gite in the sun! Anyway we found some brollies and I popped Isaac in his buggy and we headed out into the rain. When we reached the beach it had stopped enough for us to enjoy a nice walk (although pushing the buggy on the beach was a bit of a mission, I'm so used to having the Ergo for things like that!) Isaac had his first walk on the beach and Amelie ran along collecting shells in her bare feet. We walked quite far and then turned to walk back before the rain came in again. After a minor dispute regarding what we were going to have for lunch we squeezed into a tiny creperie. Amelie managed to spill milk all over my Mum (and her crepe) and Laura got the evil eye from the waitress when she struggled to order her fruit crepe. Isaac tried to steal all of my food (they didn't have high chairs so he was on my lap) and we were all a bit stressed! Crepes were yummy though... Amelie proceeded to have a tantrum all the way back to the car but was fine in the car so we went to the supermarket. She spent some more of her euros on a Belle doll and she played with it for the rest of the day. When we got home we had crevettes in spicy oil and then I had made a chilli for everyone. Then yes, you have guessed it, hot tub and champagne!