Claudine seems to be making process on her squeamishness for certain sensory-related things. She still refuses to walk on sand or sit directly on sand, but after being placed on a blanket, she slowly warmed up to the idea of getting sand on her hands and feet as she played with her bucket and shovel. Towards the end of our beach stay, she was even rubbing fistfuls of sand onto her legs (maybe she was exfoliating?) and dumping sand on top of her head. So yeah, I think we’re making some progress here. She didn’t really care for the ocean - the waves frightened her, but I wasn’t surprised. I mean, she gets frightened by the sound of the toilet flushing in public bathrooms (something about the echo I guess, that makes it different from the bathroom at home), so I knew she wouldn’t be too interested in going in the water, which was still pretty cold by the way. Mia, on the other hand, couldn’t get enough of the waves. What is it about the beach that makes you so tired? Even with tons of sunscreen and our new beach umbrella (which I LOVE - how did we ever go to the beach without one??), I feel we still got a bit too much sun. You know the feeling I’m talking about, when your skin feels tight and slightly itchy?