Last Sunday morning we woke up in Maryland and left for the long trip to Myrtle Beach…technically Garden City. We’ve never done that trip before and after only one missed turn, we made it in ten hours.
Each day at the beach was relatively similar. Beach, shower, lunch, shopping, dinner, pier/beach/house. Each day held a different shopping mall and place for dinner.
This year the girls were both really into the water and sand. By the last day the girls were riding small waves in on their own which gave me both great joy and anxiety. Pretty much like the rest of parenting.
After one year stepping on a fish and then getting stung by a jellyfish, I’ve been enjoying the beach from ankle deep water for a few years. This year I tried to ignore all the sea creatures (Emma and Lexi said Spongebob and friends were out there somewhere!) and had a lot of fun swimming and jumping into the waves.
As for shopping, we made it to Broadway, the mall and the Tanger Outlets. I was able to start some school shopping for the kids and just a few things for me.
Our “big dinner” was out at Crabby Mike’s. I enjoyed lots of crab legs and finally have gotten pretty good at getting the meat out in one piece. Scott and I both promised Lexi a dollar and she tried crab meat. She said she liked it but had an awful look on her face while eating it. Emma refused to try it but did try and like fried baby shrimp.
We also tried Mellow Mushroom for the first time and OH MY WORD. That place was so good. Like, so. good. I had a olive oil and garlic base with onions, pepperoni and pesto. I really think I could eat that every single day. The toppings were great but the crust was just out of this world. Can’t really recommend that place enough.
One sweet moment was Emma asked Scott if they could do something just the two of them. He told her they could go eat ice cream together. And in Emma fashion, she asked the next day if Lexi and Skyler could go with them. We all took the kids that night for ice cream at the pier. People keep telling me they will be Daddy’s girls soon and that is the first I’ve seen of it and have to say it was pretty sweet.
A few last noteworthy moments of the year was spotting 3 6′ sharks at the end of the pier and also seeing someone catch a stingray. Lastly, we were able to see a wedding being set up a few hotels down from the pier. On the way down the road, we saw a golf cart decorated with white balloons and the bride on the back fully decked out in a wedding dress and veil.
Scott and I had to leave the beach Thursday so Scott could work for the weekend. The kids decided to stay with his parents until Sunday. Part of me thoroughly enjoyed getting a ton of stuff done at home but I missed them like crazy. Lexi kept calling and asking if I was happy for her to come home which I always gave a resounding YES!
Ahhh, the Tanger outlets. I miss those! We spent many, many hours shopping at both the one on 501 and the one on 17. I think 95% of both kids’ wardrobes were bought at the Children’s Place, OshKosh and Old Navy outlets.
Looks like you had another fun vacation!