ScrumpyDaddy

Posted by Rachel

This year we went on a family vacation with both sets of Grandparents, Aunt Edie, and Uncle Pat. We went to South Nags Head, Outer Banks, NC. We had been to Kill Devil Hills, OB almost 2 years ago just us for a couple days. We loved it then and had been wanting to go back ever since. Zach had only been a month old when we went last time. Abby had been almost 3 and it made quite the impression on her. She had been talking about the beach ever since that trip. This year we were able to make it happen.

We got a house right near the beach and I mean just a couple hundred feet from the beach, so it was an easy walk for everyone. The house was just big enough for all of us to enjoy and had a nautical theme. There was also a deck off the front, which was wonderful to sit on and listen to the ocean and watch the birds.

Each day we went to the beach for sun and swimming at some point and also tried to do something touristy whether it was sight seeing or shopping. The kids of course loved the beach the best. The sand to play in and the waves crashing. It was honestly hard to keep Abby out of the water whenever she was near it. She didn’t care if she had a bathing suit on or regular clothes. She wanted to play in the waves. She loved running up to edge and waiting for the wave to come in. Then as the wave splashed her she would come running back out with a huge smile on her face. She also loved it when she would hold someones hands and jump the waves. She did eventually go in deeper with Dave holding her, but most of the time she just played in the shallow water.

Zach on the other hand was the complete opposite. He loved the water and every time he would see it he would yell, “Wawa.” Seeing it was the extent of his love for the ocean. He only went in once with Dave and didn’t cry the second he got near the water. All the other times he just wanted held up with his feet completely out of the water. If you tried to put his feet in the waves he would start crying. The only thing he did like was when Dave would dig holes in the sand deep enough that he would get water. Dave would make little wading pools for Zach to play in.