Vacay

Lest our vacation be tainted by the traumatic return from vacation, we really had a great week at the beach.

We went with my parents, my brother, sister-in-law and two nieces. Meredith had a blast being with her cousins all week, and there were remarkable few arguments. We have learned to remove pink items, unless there are 3. It’s just easier that way.

Our typical day at the beach consisted of getting up, eating breakfast, and heading to the beach. Surprisingly, I was most often the first one up. If you know me, this is not typical. For some reason I always wake up earlier at the beach.

After being on the beach we return for a dip in the pool before lunch. After lunch comes a little rest, possibly a craft and/or outing, dinner, more pool, and more beach.

Frank, Meredith, my mom and I took an excursion to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse this trip. My mom and I hadn’t been in years, Frank and Meredith had never been. We climbed to the top!

Some of us also ventured out for Pirate Putt-Putt. The girls spied it from the road with the big pirate ship and train that takes you to the top to start the game. We ended up skipping a few holes when we hit a little thunderstorm.

Luckily the weather was great- only rain on our first and last day, and the first day since it was just rain and no thunder and lightning, we just swam in the pool anyway.

Meredith had a first at the beach- she started swimming underwater-being around her mermaid cousins who are sometimes under water more than above helped! She also had swim lessons for the 2 weeks before we left, and a good amount of pool time.

The ocean water was also warm. Meredith like jumping in the waves, and Frank took her out on one of the calmer days. The nieces did a little surfing. My brother was in more than out, just like when we were younger. I ventured in on a calm day, and a rough day. I decided after having to dive under 5 waves in the matter of 2-3 minutes, I’m too old for this.

We played in the sand, walked on the beach, flew kites, visited the ghost crabs at night, took outdoor showers, read books, “downloaded DS” for the girls, Dad kayaked, watched movies and basically just relaxed.