fingers, toes, and faces full of sand

first face-full of sand. she didn't mind.

first steps in the ocean.

but she preferred sitting.

aiyana quickly learned to brace herself for the incoming waves.
she leaned back, but never lost her balance.

just like the bathtub! we don't know if she realizes that she is splashing herself. but, once she got a taste of the salty water, that was the end of her "low-sodium" diet! she couldn't keep her salty fist out her mouth and kept lapping her lips with her tongue.