Vacation and Pictures of a Cute Toddler

I Love The Beach

July 19, 2010 · Filed under Cuteness, Lukas, Parenthood

I was so happy to be able to fit in a beach vacation this year. It may very well be another two years until we can go again. We’ll see how my L.O. is and we’ll talk about it, but it might be best for everybody if we wait. That’s no big deal. My boys are only going to get bigger on me and I have plenty of time to drag them to the beach!

It had been 5 years since I’d last been to Rehoboth Beach. I love this place. It was the first beach I had ever been to (at the age of 13) and it is the only beach I really like now. Sure, when I was 17-18, I really liked beaches that had lots of clubs and hot guys to flirt with, but now that I’m a momma and a wife, I prefer the smaller, quiet Rehoboth.

I hesitate to say outright that Rehoboth is a gay beach. It’s a beach where lots of families come to mingle with the gay people. So I guess the most gentle way to say it is that Rehoboth is very gay friendly. It’s one of the things that makes this place so charming. There are awesome gay stores (Out Gear) and just really really cool people there. Jessie and I actually went there on our honeymoon. It was slightly off season and we really got a good view of how the town itself is very gay friendly. It was a great week.

We had a very good weekend there. Lukas was good at night and slept well, and he enjoyed all of the shops and the sand. The water, however, was another story.

This year is the first year that I’ve been able to get Lukas into a swimming pool without the child freaking the hell out. I’ve taken him swimming every summer of his life and he’s always hated it. This year, he’s been all about swimming at Grandma’s house and doing daredevil dives into our arms. So it was a bit of a stretch to believe he’d be ok with water that has waves and knocks him over. He wasn’t impressed. We got him to venture out a couple of times and even got him to go out into deeper water with us holding him. And then a huge wave broke right upside the poor child’s head and he was DONE. Maybe next time I’ll be able to talk him into going out deep with me.

We all had a good time at the shops. He marveled at the hermit crabs, sea shells, and preserved baby sharks in a bottle. He loved the Christmas shop and Out Gear (everything had rainbows!!). He loved all of the neat little eateries. He ran us ragged going from store to store, but he had a good time…..so it was worth it.

I’ll post a video tomorrow, but for now, here are some pictures from our trip. I can’t wait to go back!