Wesley Hits Rehoboth Beach

Wesley and his mommy and daddy, Gram, and Uncle Matt, spent a week at Rehoboth Beach, renting a part of a house less than a block from the boardwalk. Wesley had a terrific time, as we all did. Wesley had been to Virginia Beach for a couple of days when he was one, but now he's three and he spent a whole week in the sand and waves.

Actually, we only spent part of each day at the beach and none at all a couple of days. One day we went to Jungle Jim's water park, where Wesley floated on a river and slid down water slides and loved every moment.

Most days we went to Fun Land, a few blocks from us on the boardwalk, where Wesley drove fire engines, helicoptors, motorcycles, etc., played in a playground with a pool full of balls and moonbounce etc., and took his mommy and daddy on rides that turned their stomachs but not his.

Wesley loved the ocean at first, without a trace of fear or concern. We held him and put floats on his arms and helped him swim, and he screamed with delight. But then I took him out in a little inflatable boat, which he loved until we came into the beach and a big wave tipped us over.

Then Wesley was quite concerned about the waves, and it took a couple of days before he wanted to go swimming. It helped that he also went and got soaked and sprayed in more controled ways at Jungle Jim's. It helped that Anna got Wesley a good book about waves. And it helped that the waves got smaller. Then at the end of the trip the waves grew much bigger, which I loved for body surfing, but which made it harder to swim with Wesley. However, after we got home, Wesley told me he liked the big waves, and I expect by next year he will.

We stopped in Annapolis on the way home and rode on a boat. Gram and Matt drove home a different way. Wesley loved living with them and having his mommy and daddy on vacation for a week. He's getting used to the real world again now.

We stopped at Wesley's Gum and Gup's house on the way home from Annapolis and he told them all about it.

There are more photos in the Fourth Year gallery.

We wish Gramps had been able to come -- maybe next time.

Wesley loved playing in the sand. We'll see how it transfers to his sand box at home.

He also loved living in a different house and knowing the address of it and how to find it from the boardwalk.