It's safe to go back in the water! Everyone slept in really late for day 5, except the kids, of course. Since the red flags had been replaced with American flags, Angie took the kids down to the beach for the customary 3 and a half minutes of time in the surf before Daniel completely freaks out over the possibility of being stung by a jellyfish and requests to go home, or at least the pool, while everyone else stayed in the condo. I actually went down and joined them after they'd been in the pool for a while. Maggie's swimming is really improving, and Daniel never fails to have a creative new way to jump in and splash everyone. He's invented several new splashing techniques, with varying degrees of success.
In other news, Bennett and Lynley (my heretofore unnamed brother and sister-in-law, respectively) had to head back today in order to go to work on Thursday, so our afternoon was tainted with a slight sadness at the diminution of our party. Fortunately, we were able to forget our sorrows with a brief rest, followed by a trip about half a mile down the road to The Crab Trap for dinner,
In other news, Bennett and Lynley (my heretofore unnamed brother and sister-in-law, respectively) had to head back today in order to go to work on Thursday, so our afternoon was tainted with a slight sadness at the diminution of our party. Fortunately, we were able to forget our sorrows with a brief rest, followed by a trip about half a mile down the road to The Crab Trap for dinner,
and a sojourn into town to visit Souvenir City,
where Daniel and Maggie were able to buy some souvenirs of their beach trip with their own money thanks to Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace, Jr.
After that, all that was left was to put the kids down, get ready for bed, and stay up until midnight watching Becoming Jane. Not exactly beach-y, but hey, it's what the ladies wanted to see.
2 comments:
Oh. My. Gosh. I can't believe I'm about to ask this question, but if I'm looking at the pictures correctly...are the Hippses actually getting...wait...I see it!...some...SUN?!?!?! Who knew it was possible? :)
I am so happy that you guys got to go to the beach. I can think of no other hardworking family that deserves a fun beach vacation more than the Hippses.
I am thoroughly enjoying living vicariously through your vacation blogging!
Thanks, so much for your sweet comment, Angela. Yes, we did get a little sun. Daniel has some fantastic freckles now. We had a great time and I was so impressed with Davis' keeping our blog up to date.
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