Our Myrtle Beach Trip

We left for the airport on Saturday morning, 8/9. We had a connection through Charlotte and everything was just fine. Our flights were on time, our seat assignments were good (we even were able to move up to the bulkhead on the PIT-CLT flight) and best of all, Logan was great! Maybe he likes flying. He fell asleep in Grandma Linda's lap and slept almost the whole way to Charlotte. Now, this of course meant that he was well-rested for the flight to Myrtle Beach but that's a really short flight and, again, he was great. He's very curious about everything and tried to push the lights on and off and he kept calling the flight attendants but there weren't any problems. He even made many new friends with all his smiling and waving to everyone in the airport and on the planes.

The beach was another story. Logan HATED it at first. Our condo was right on the beach (you can see it in the background of the photo) and we took him down to see the ocean that first night. The water was a little bit cool and he almost jumped over Dallas' head trying to get out of it. The next day, he kind of liked the water until a little wave came and tripped him up and he fell. That was the end of any chance of him having fun. We tried to walk up and down the beach and he was OK, I stress OK, but not loving it. So, we went to the pool and he really did love that. We had perfect weather all week except for Wednesday when it rained all day. Up to this point, Logan was just miserable a lot of the time and none of us were having a very good trip. My sister would try to cheer him up and of course Logan LOVED Vicki's niece Morgan. Morgan is 16 years old and very pretty and sweet and Logan just thought she was the greatest but still, he wasn't happy being away from home.

Things started to change on Wednesday (the day it rained). Dallas and I took Logan to a place called Leaps 'n Bounces. It's an indoor play area with large inflatable things for the kids to climb and bounce on. Logan loved it! He likes other kids so it made him happy to be around them and he just had a great time in Toddler Town and the other bouncy things. He really loved going down the big sliding board with me and bouncing around and throwing a basketball into a hoop with Dallas. The only minor incident came when another boy went down the small sliding board ahead of Logan. Prince Logan just didn't think that was cool at all and let us know. But he recovered quickly. All in all it was a really nice morning and it only cost $5.50 for Logan (free for adults). We'd definitely go back there again.

On Thursday, Dallas and I went to the new Hard Rock Amusement Park (it's nice, I recommend it) and Logan stayed at the condo with my Mom, sister, brother-in-law, Morgan and the in-laws. We got back around 4:00 and they reported he had a fantastic day. He played on the beach, went in the water, played in the pool, napped, etc etc. I supposed he recited poetry and drew a sketch of the Mona Lisa too but we weren't privy to that either! We were glad to hear that he, finally, had fun.

Friday was another very good day. We spent the whole afternoon at the beach and everyone, including Logan had a nice time. I wanted to go to the Aquarium but we all agreed that we should enjoy the beach while we could as we can go to the Aquarium at home. They were right.

We flew home on Saturday and Logan was again great on the flights. We connected through Philly (always a treat) and Logan slept the whole trip from Myrtle Beach to Philly. We arrived home that afternoon and you could just tell that Logan was really happy to be home. We all were, actually. It's great to get away but it's always nice to come home too.

So, that's how our vacation went. It was rough at first but ended very very nicely. We're trying to decide where to go next year so stay tuned I guess. Hopefully Logan will be talking by then. I think it will be more fun when he can interact more.

Take care dear reader and we'll talk again soon.