Beach Trip (Part 1 with Lindsey)

On Friday my friend Beth called and mentioned that her family was heading to the beach the next day. She'd invited us to join them weeks before, but I incorrectly thought we had a camp conflict. When I realized we were free, I jumped online, found a house in their neighborhood, called the owner, negotiated a discount, and booked it. Nothing like spontaneity! My sister Lindsey drove in from VA for the first part of the week (while Mike was in Boston) -- a huge treat.


The Pool
The boys and I hit the pool as soon as we arrived. This little neighborhood in Windy Hill, SC has a great pool, just steps from all of the houses. It has a baby pool, a "hot pool" as the kids call it, and a big regular pool. Except for the baby pool, it is all shaded with these humongous beautiful trees.



(Miles....forever sorting things)



Lindsey joined us there several times over here visit.


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The Beach

Lindsey had the distinct pleasure of being with us as the boys warmed up to the beach. :) The boys all have fun playing in the sand & ocean, but they they each have their own warm-up period. Packing rain boots just-in-case made the week possible....Miles and Noah wore them to the beach everyday. It let them get sandy on their terms, when they were ready. They could also clean off their feet and slip back into their boots as soon as they decided sand-time was over (usually around the 2-hour mark). Hallelujah for the boots!




On our first beach day, the boys decided they were ready to go about an hour into it. Aunt Lindsey showed them how you can draw in the sand and they were hooked. Brilliant! She bought us another hour.



After they were done drawing, she roared like a monster and chased them all. She won the "beach fun was made possible by....." award for the day.



The next day she built a huge hole in the sand.


Griffin and I supplied the water for the hole.


When the boys got antsy on the 2nd day, Lindsey started telling them elaborate stories. She'd say, "give me a character"....."where's he going?".....and she worked it all into the big hole and she used shells for their characters.


Having Lindsey with us made me SUPER happy. :)


We borrowed the Haenni's golf cart and took the boys out for ice cream one night. Yum. We zipped right back to the same spot when Mike arrived a few days later.