We just got back from a fun filled week at the beach with Mike and Elizabeth in Port Aransas at the Sea Gull. The shoreline was covered with some orange colored seaweed, but after the first day it didn't really bother you and was actually like having a loofa treatment while you waded. The kids were thrilled to be at the beach of course with the bonus of a pool in which Ian and Garrett could touch. Garrett was empowered by that ability and in just a few days made great strides in his swimming and the required confidence. So fun to encourage him and watch it all develop.
The beach was our main hang out though and we enjoyed each morning out there. Chris was able to join us towards the end (after two of three water tanks were finally delivered to the quail farm). It was sweet to watch the kids waiting for Daddy's truck to pull past the pool and even funnier to come back from the condo and see everyone else dripping wet returning to the pool after a false "Daddy's truck" alarm.
We enjoyed a crab and shrimp boil, witnessed a double rainbow, caught the ice cream truck on the beach just in time and during our one trip to the getty we saw dolphins and two sea turtles.
A crab snapped Nora's toe and who was going to push which elevator button was always a major debate.
Ian was hooked on using the "shrimp sucker" as dubbed by its owners; really just some pvc pipe glued together with a plunger of some sort that could suck a big section of sand all at once. Ian was enthralled and was able to hone some of his project manager skills in the process. At one point he even had Mike and Garrett fetching buckets of water for his sand sucking endeavor.
Thank you Grandmother and Grandpa for a great week and lots of beach memories.
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