We’re heading back from our week at the beach…sad that we have to leave! What a perfect day we had yesterday. The sun broke through the clouds and fog, for a lovely day sitting on the beach. Tall, yet gently rolling waves for boogie boards. A breeze. Nowhere to be except back for supper.
Since we were too busy relaxing to blog, I wanted to note some of the highlights/ memorable moments of our trip:
- 3 RVs, 6 adults and 12 children. Going anywhere as a group was just comical. Our clan moseying down the boardwalk was like the circus was rolling into town. I do want to point our that the night we all went to BJ’s for pizza (table for 18, please?) the kids were angelic. Shockingly so. The other kids around us were screaming and running around, but not ours, for once!
- Jack and Kaiden are going to be SO embarrassed when we whip out photos in 10 years of them skipping down the boardwalk, hand in hand or sharing what Ricky called a “lingering embrace”.
- I wonder if the folks at the Thousand Trails RV park outside of
- I wonder if Hannah will ever forgive me for chucking my glass of water at her for hitting me on my bruised arm for a “slugbug” at In-n-Out.
- Is there any more priceless moment than seeing Dave and Ricky, beers in hand heading out across the RV park to go “help Todd dump”.
- A rainy day at the beach is still better than a sunny day stuck in school.
- Children in large groups form posses and factions. They can be intimidating at times. They can also be put on time out.
- There is much power in the hands of she who brings her tooth fairy money to buy candy.
- I may never want to vacation alone again, since I was only responsible for 2 meals the entire trip.
- Bike chains go rusty within a day of being at the beach.
- Todd learned that you can’t leave your flip flops at the beach wall or a homeless guy will stroll off with them. We all agreed he probably needed them more…
- You need to sunscreen the area where the shirt comes up and the shorts ride down on little boys digging in the sand all day.
- You feel somewhat validated; when your friends (who both have 4 children) agree that you have your hands full with your 2 year old. Carter throws sand. Even at strangers.
- LA traffic stinks.
- It was humbling for me to realize the last day that the kind gentleman that we had been sorting our cans and bottles for was also sorting through our garbage for food too. How easy would it have been for us to serve up an extra plate or two, if we had only known.
- You’re hanging out with the right crowd, when you love your friends (and their kids) even more after a week together!
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