Beach Babies.

It's the third day of November and it's 70 degrees outside. Yes, you read that right. It's November, in Chicago, and the weather is absolutely, positively, unbelievably beautiful.

Since I am well aware that it could start snowing at any moment, the girls and I decided, somewhat spur of the moment, to spend the day at the beach. The beach. In November. Have I mentioned that we don't have weather like this in November?

We spent a wonderful day at Indiana Dunes State Park. The girls built sandcastles, with Starbucks cups!, buried themselves in the sand, chased the sea gulls, collected heart-shaped rocks, wrote their names in the sand and had a really great day.