I have been very negligent in updating but i will try to get things going again. We visited the beach with Rachel for the first time while Julie was home between the end of summer term and beginning of the fall. We had fun Rachel was not to fond of the water but loved the shells and sand. we found that if we dug with our fingers in the sand near the water we would find small clams that were alive! when set down on the sand as soon as they felt some water they would stick out their little foot and burrow really fast.