I've spent countless days in SGI with my family; as a child and also as an adult. I am so fortunate enough to be able to share this place with my son.
You see, my Grandparents (Dad's side) built a quaint little beach cottage YEARS ago (my guess is about 45 or so years ago). Well, the place hasn't changed much, but the memories that have been made there I will cherish forever.
Here I would an insert one of the many pictures that were taken of me and my siblings on the island. But since I don't have one handy...you can just use your imagination and picture 4 extremely cute, skinny, super tan kids on the beach with remnants of colored zinc sunscreen smeared across their faces. Remember the colored zinc tubes?!
Anyway...imaginary Picture rigggght about......HERE.
From heated volleyball matches in front of the house, sailboat rides, sunburns, playing on the sand dunes and just-for-fun poker games, it will be a place I never forget.
This particular beach weekend was not only for relaxation, but it also marked a very special weekend for Will. It was his first weekend spend the night with his best friend, Ryder (AKA: Ry Ry).
Ryder's parents, went on vacation together to celebrate their anniversary. Wes and I couldn't have been more thrilled when they asked if we could help with Ryder that weekend.
Here's a little re-cap of some of the things that we did.
We all arrived Friday night. We took the boys down to the beach in the dark to run off some steam. Will dove right into the ocean which cut the beach walk short because it was too cold for him to be out in soaking wet clothes.
We headed inside for bath and bedtime stories.
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| Papa reading the boys their bedtime story on night 1. |
Night 1 - Ryder slept in between Wes and I. He missed his parents and was a little upset, so we brought him in bed to comfort him and that's just where he stayed throughout the night. Will bunked with Yaya and Papa that night, and come morning both boys were up and ready to go!
We fixed them their milk, made our coffee and walked out the sliding glass doors to take in the morning sun rise.
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| Pj's and sand in your toes. Doesn't get much better! |
The boys played.
Tackled Yaya.
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| Monkey see... |
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| Monkey do. |
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| SGI Sun rise, 10/9/2010 |
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| Monkey See... |
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| Monkey do. (There was a lot of this all weekend) |
And then headed in for some breakfast.
The Island gods were on our side this weekend. The water was clearer than I've ever seen it in my life. It was as calm as a lake and only about 2 feet deep for as far out as you could see. A perfect recipe for active 2 year old little boys.
We were able to do some kayaking.
The boys were SOOO good. The only tug-o-war for toys we experienced was this particular instance.
They quickly got over it and went back in for another dip.
We stayed down here for hours. But before we knew it, it was lunch time. So we headed up for a bite to eat.
The rest of the day consisted of eating, finger painting, swimming in the kiddie pool, playing with play dough, being silly, and more beach fun. Here's some pictures to prove it.
That night we settled in and the boys slept better than ever. They were completely worn out.
The Noles beat Miami that night, and we all got to go to bed with a victory grin on our faces.
The next day was more of the same...sun-rise, breakfast, swimming, kayaking, playing in the sand, and fun activities. Only this time, nap time for the kiddos meant clean-up time for us adults. So we packed up, cleaned up and departed the island for home.
We had a blast, and hated to see the weekend come to an end. But I must say, it was an awesome weekend away, and we were so happy Will got to spend it with his best friend, Ryder!
Forever wishing my toes were in the sand,
EmJ
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