First up: the . Each family team must craft a creature from wet sand and mime its life cycle before the tide erases it. The Crabb family presents “The Hermit’s Journey” — a tiny claw emerging from a spiral shell, then scuttling sideways into a tiny sand castle. The audience of sea gulls applauds with sharp cries.

Last time, the seashell choir opened the ceremony with a whispered symphony of tides. Today, the competition grows wilder and wetter.

And welcome back to the shore, dear beachcombers! The sun glitters like scattered sequins on the waves, and the sand sparkles with fresh footprints — because Part 2 of the Enature Family Beach Pageant has officially begun!