While we were there, we had a daily agenda of beach time, pool time, digging in the sand, catching an ice cream treat or two and more beach time.
One of my favorite memories was chasing the boyz on the way to the pool following Kiefer with a bucket on his head! He made countless people laugh as he dove and weaved past them and through the sun bathers lined up along the trail.
We bought this green bucket and shovel set at the local Walmart one of the first days there. And for ease of packing, we chose to pass it along to another family we saw at the pool as we were leaving. We encouraged them to pass it on when it was time for them to fly home, too. You don’t realize how attached kids get to sentimental objects like the sand bucket they played with for a week while on vacation. And they parted with some tears.
Now every once in a while, I’ll randomly mention, “I wonder what our bucket is doing on vacation at the beach?” Or “I wonder who is taking care of our bucket at the beach right now?” They still can get a bit sentimental about it and sad that we left it behind, but it’s fun to think about… that life goes on. Others go on vacation when we fly home and buckets stay behind, making other kids’ vacations special. At least I hope.