One day at the beach the water was very shallow at least 50 yards out. As we were walking out, not only did a dolphin swim within 20 feet of us, but we realized we were walking on hundreds of sand dollars! We gathered some up and took them back and had a fun science experiment learning how to dry and bleach them. We soaked them in fresh water…

Let them sit in a bleach solution for 10 minutes and dried them…

and then painted them with glue to help them harden.

We ended up with about 260 of them!

We now have them all in a bowl at home – pretty cool!

Yesterday we finally headed back to Birmingham after 4.5 weeks of fun!

We sure are going to miss Naples and getting to see GJ and Daddo every day! It was the very best way to take full advantage of this crazy quarantine time. A once in a lifetime summer!

It’s not a trip to Naples without a trip to Royal Scoop…

or Skillets!

Love our favorites even with lots of extra hand sanitizer!

Last weekend we drove over to Jupiter to see Keath’s family and let the cousins play. They all had a blast and we loved getting to see their awesome newly renovated house!

Fun times!