Beach Vacation

It is kind of sad to have your only planned "get away summer vacation" at the beginning of the summer. Barrett's boss and wife went on their annual sailboating trip, so we got to use their beach house for a few days. Luckily Barrett was able to take Friday off, so we packed up early and headed off. The clouds were dark and it started raining a bit on our way down there. We unloaded the car then did a little shopping at the outlets. Damon needed a new swim shirt and Barrett is in dire need of some work clothes. I took Damon to 4 stores before he finally decided what swim shirt he wanted...he is getting very particular about his clothing and actually likes to shop for himself. The weather cleared, but was a little windy and a little chilly. Not many people were at the beach. It was such a wonderful, fun time at the beach. The boys loved playing in the sand. Damon was loving finding crab parts and skeletons and shells. We found huge shells this time and since there were a handful of people at the beach, it made it more enjoyable to search for them. Tommy begged his daddy to bury him in the sand:)

 Damon found the outside of a horse shoe crab...it was pretty awesome.

 Tommy discovered he loved playing in the waves!

 After the beach, we went back to the house and got cleaned up, then went to the Rehoboth boardwalk. The weather wasn't great and sprinkled a little, plus it isn't quite the beach tourist season, so we got rock star parking with no crowds! We've lived in Delaware almost 8 years and have only eaten Grotto's pizza once...so we thought it was he perfect time to eat there with the fam. 

 While walking along the boardwalk, Tommy discovered this ride on toy and loved it. We had a hard time getting him off...we don't ever put money in those things either! We had to stop for taffy at Dollie's and found  they let you pick your own pieces. We don't remember that from last year, but sure loved it!! We got lots of our favorites and even wished we bought more:)

 We headed over to Funland and had a great time. It was not crowded at all and the boys never had to wait for a ride. They would run from one ride to the next!

 We found that Tommy was tall enough to ride the scary (in my opinion) drop ride. He hopped right on with Barrett and Damon and loved it!! I was a little worried that he would lose his dinner because he ate so much, but he was fine:)

Tommy was the only kid on this boat ride and was getting kind of bored, so he started rocking his boat. The  foreign girl running the ride kept laughing at him.

The next day was cold and rainy in the morning. Actually, it was pretty stormy that night with tons of thunder and lightning! We hit the outlets again to focus on Barrett's work wardrobe and found a few items. After lunch, Damon and Barrett went swimming in the freezing pool while Tommy and I played at the park. Then we headed over to the beach. There were more people than the day before, but not too crowded. After we got cleaned up, we went to eat at Bethany Blues. The food was absolutely delicious. As long as Tommy had ketchup, he was stuffing his face. Damon ate then spent the rest of the time drawing in the kid menu (he remembered it from last year!!!). The boys watched a movie and fell asleep. We sure wished we could have stayed a few days longer. It is always so fun to be down at the beach!