The shovel.

Living so close to the beach is awesome. The kids LOVE it. Last night we were walking on the Pismo Beach Pier. Noah had his bucket and two shovels in tow. We were headed down to play in the sand, the kids favorite part. The wood slats in the pier are usually pretty close together, you can't even really see the water below you. But we stopped, Noah bent over to fix his shoe and a shovel fell out of the bucket and happen to fall through one of the biggest gaps in the slats. Noah was devastated. We were about mid way on the pier, so the water was pretty deep. He sobbed over that shovel. It was so random that it happened to fall in that spot. We felt so bad for him. So Adam held him across the rest of the pier and told him we'd go find it. I thought it would be so cool to walk down there and find it. So, we walked down by the water on the sand. It was a gorgeous day. It's been kind of foggy the past few nights, but it was so clear. And the sun was starting to set, it was a perfect day. Adam waded into the ocean a little to see if he could find the shovel. But no such luck. We didn't tell Noah, by now he had forgotten about it as he dug for buried treasure. Adam had told him we were going to be pirates and find the treasure (a.k.a. the shovel). So Noah was more preoccupied with just digging than anything else. And then he found a water puddle by the pier, and throwing sand, and running away from the waves. He forgot all about the shovel. I felt bad, but I mean it was a cheap little plastic shovel/rake thing. It really wasn't a big deal. We have another one somewhere. The water started to come in further, washing our shoes away almost! And we decided that it was probably time to go home before we got any sicker than we already were. And I turned around, and there was the shovel! It did wash up on the shore! And RIGHT where we happened to be standing. And just as we were getting ready to leave! But it just floated up onto the sand. Adam and I were more excited than Noah. But, he was still pretty happy to have his shovel back! It took about 20 minutes, but it finally washed up! It was so cool! The lucky shovel. We can't ever lose it again.