Hot Fun in the Summertime

Joshua and I spent the weekend in Litchfield, just south of Myrtle Beach, with Mimi (my mom). We had a terrific time and Joshua has become such a water horse. Just picture breakfast, beach, pool, dinner, bed with a sprinkling of Candy Land and books, then repeat, and you have summed up our entire weekend.

At the beach, Joshua had a great time boogieing (and yes, according to dictionary.com, this is really a word) on his boogie board. He seemed to have no fear, not even when wiping out in the waves. At the pool, we went from big pool to lazy river to kiddie pool. I imagine we went around the lazy river 2,065 times this weekend. He kept his lifejacket on and floated while Mimi and I rode in the tubes. Other than than the trip from the beach to the pool, one bathroom break and the moving from one pool to the other, Joshua was not out of the water from 10am until 3pm one day and 11am until 4pm the next.



I was really excited to find a live conch one day, whom we named George and kept in a bucket of sand and water for about an hour before returning him to the sea. We saw two jellyfish in the water...Joshua was then ready to leave the beach and go to the pool...We saw an alligator, whom Joshua named Allie, outside the Lazy Gator gift shop. And, we looked at turles, hermit crabs and sharks in the junk stores.

I would say it was a terrific weekend, and I think Joshua and Mimi would agree...we did miss daddy though...Scott had already planned to go with a friend on a fishing trip. Hopefully, next time he can join us.