Vacation Days 5 & 6 – We’ll make our own 4th of July!
Posted By pamelamyers on July 10, 2016
Another day at the beach, bright, sunny, warm, and gorgeous! Mark and Sam played with his new bouncing on water ball (orange of course, picked by Sam) and we all tried to get some relaxation in.
Sam played a lot of Barbie on the beach this year, which she has never done. Krista got roped in to helping to make clothes for Barbie out of seaweed. Better her than me…
Oh, it’s a hard life! Doesn’t she look exhausted?
As I mentioned previously, the 4th of July was quite a washout. I had brought a ton of glowsticks and whatnot for the kids to play with on the beach while we were waiting for fireworks. That didn’t happen. So, we decided to make our own 4th of July later that week. One night at dusk, Mark, Adam and I took the kids to the beach to light sparklers and play with glowsticks. We were all shocked to see something we had not seen before, in all the years we have been coming to the beach — a turtle! He (or she) was just strolling along the beach near the dunes. Sam was just about ready to scream with excitement!
We left the turtle to his journey and went on with the fun! The wind made lighting the sparklers challenging, but we managed. Adam got that fun job! Better him than me…Hmmm…that’s starting to sound familiar. 😉
The kids loved it, of course!
After sparklers were done, we gave them glowsticks. They were originally in a foam casing to look sort of like light sabers but both Sam and Maddox preferred them out of the foam because they were brighter. They had quite the sword fights!
The next day at the beach, Maddox tried to teach Sam some of the karate moves he has been learning. I don’t know that she got it, but she was certainly paying attention.
Ryder liked the tidal pool that was there most of the week, as did most of the little kids. It grew every day until it was huge!
She got him, she got him!
Come on in, the water is great!
It was back to the boardwalk that night, and on to spooky golf! Sam couldn’t believe we were finally in there. It was hard to get her to actually golf because she was so busy looking around! Grandmom and I both got a whole in one!
Last year, Mark wanted Sam to ride the bumper cars but she chickened out at the last minute. This year, she was totally game! Once she rode with Mark…
…and once with me so Daddy could kick our butts! Sam liked to steer. She only smashed us into a wall once or twice, which is pretty good I think.
Did I mention she still loves the spooky house? Yup, we only went through there I think three times! She made everyone go, even Grandmom.
Sam had just about given up hope of seeing her favorite boardwalk pal, Salt Water Taffy, but there he was! She had seen just about every other character and gotten her autographs. Whew. It’s a good thing she spied him! She loves that guy. It was a great boardwalk night, and a great beach day. How is vacation almost over!?
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