Friday

The plan for today was to spend it at the beach and pool along with some naps. We got out to the beach and a storm blew in so back inside we went. We ran to Alvins Island to look at tees but decided against any of them since Jack will only wear football or sports shirts and Grant has plenty of clothes. We came back to our condo for lunch and naps and we were all awake by about 2:00 and headed to the beach. We waded out just a little bit to a sand bar area and found 5 hermit crabs and a few sand crabs which we put in our small plastic pool. We filled it with some sand and water and got to watch them for a while before putting them back in the ocean. Grant loved the crabs, he would try to touch them and would squeal when they crawled. Grant decided today that he finally loved the beach and water and he was quite the handful to chase after. He wears a life jacket so he just bobs around and he had a blast in the waves. I think it helped that it was a little cloudy so the sun was not so bright in his face. We headed back to the pool after dinner for movie night. They set up a huge screen (Pawp Randy would be jealous) and played "Surfs Up." Jack sat with us for the some of the movie and he sat out in the water on an inner tube for the rest. We brought some popcorn and other snacks and had a good time. Grant feel asleep on Brian about halfway through and those sitting around us got a good chuckle at his snoring. Tomorrow is our last day here and we are leaving bright and early Sunday morning with the plan of driving through nonstop.

Oh yeah...A good Jack story. We have kinda abandoned a schedule around here and bed time is later and later each night. Last night Jack who has skipped naps most days as well was really tired. At 9:30 he started making some comments about laying down and wanting to go to sleep. I kinda ignored him because Grant was still running around crazy. About fifteen minutes later in a loud demanding Jack voice full of exasperation he said, "I am EXHAUSTED can I PLEASE go to sleep?" He has never requested sleep. He is a great sleeper but never in 5 years has he asked to go to bed. Love it!