Day 2 of Vacation

Melanie and I spent the day on the beach with the kids. Papa Jack was down for a little bit. Matthew, aka Lobster Boy, stayed as long as his skin and pain level would allow, we didn't see Grandma at the beach at all today.

I remembered to eat a little bit (thanks to my nagging sister) when we were down at the beach and didn't end up with a horrible headache.

We had some windy weather today. Porter's family next to us lost their tent waaayyyy down the beach. A little bit later we lost our boat and 2 floaties that I went racing after.

Got back to the house around 4 p.m. and Layne has been begging to go to the pool so I finally took her to the pool. Of course, the other kids heard me so Melanie and I took 4 of the 5 kids to the pool. Matthew stayed behind to keep trying to get Joshua to take a nap.

We saw a huge amount of Dolphins today. There were so many when we first got to the beach and today they were so close in to the shore. It was fascinating watching them play for most of the day.

Grandma cooked hot dogs and hamburgers and made pasta salad, baked beans, and all the fixings to go with dinner.

While the adults were still eating dinner Jacob came in to tell us that the kids were going down to the beach. I really didn't believe him at first. We even sent Grandma out to make sure. Guess she made our presence known to the community as they kids were down the street ready to turn to the beach.

I am shocked that they thought that would be okay.

Then I got really upset with Layne as she was mad at Jacob for telling. Jacob did the right thing. It could have been dangerous for Layne, Marisa, Mitchell and Joshua all alone to go to the beach. Tried real hard to let them know that Jacob did the right thing. Sooo disappointed in Layne. School can't start soon enough for her so we can get over this anxiety that she is already starting with about the "unknown".

Might try to take a little bit of a break tomorrow from just sitting on the beach. We shall see. Depending on how the kids do - we may come home with a couple less.

Will add photos later.