Kiawah Day 2

Today we rode about 4 miles on bikes this morning, played in the ocean, swam at the pool, and went to the Kazoobie Kazoo show tonight, then walked on the beach in the dark to see the stars.

Random observations:

1. Both kids love to be in the lead whenever we go anywhere, whether we are biking, walking, even swimming. The constant jockeying to be in the front is very annoying. Ben gives them turns to be in the lead during part of our bike rides, but that is not enough to satisfy them. Almost every conflict today was about who was in front.

2. Being in the water in the middle of the day shows every little place that may have been missed with sunscreen. We didn't reapply enough and both kids have pink cheeks. Ben and I have odd spots of where the sunscreen didn't quite reach. We'll do better tomorrow.

3. It seems like it is not as crowded here as in previous years. The pool was pretty empty for the middle of Sunday afternoon. I hope that continues to be the case - we got chairs in the shade today - we used to be lucky to get any chair at all.

4. Apparently no matter how physically exhausted Sam gets, he will not be able to sit and recharge - he must run around like crazy and then show his exhaustion by being grumpy and whiny when he doesn't get his way. Maria does better at sitting and reading while we're in the condo.

5. Practice helps to be creative in a kitchen that does not have any potholders, dish towels, and extremely mismatched pots and pans. But we have cooked two meals for 6 people and getting better at winging it.

6. This salt air does something weird to my hair - much worse this year for some reason, even though the heat and humidity have been tolerable so far. My natural curl (which has always had a mind of its own) has pretty much turned into a white girl Afro. Please be kind and ignore it when we finally get around to posting pictures.

7. After 10:00 on Sunday evening, you can't find a kids show on either Nickelodeon or ABC Family (our only options here). After the day we had, I can't understand how the kids aren't asleep - I almost am!

Tomorrow is the first day of golf for the other adults, and the kids each have separate Kamp Kiawah activities - Sam in the afternoon, Maria in the evening. (We let them picked based on which activities they wanted to do, so the times don't match up.)