First Trip to the Beach

We had a beautiful weekend here in Houston, so we decided to go to Galveston for the day on Saturday and take Grant to the beach! We had a great time....we went to the strand first, where we ate lunch and went to an amazing old-fashioned soda fountain for ice cream afterwards. This place, called LaKing (I believe) makes its own saltwater taffy and fudge, and they have boys wearing little white suits with hats and ties, ready to make your malts or shakes. I got an apple pie ice cream cone, and Dean got cheesecake ice cream (and Grant slept through the whole thing!).

Afterwards, we went to the beach, and Grant's favorite part was definitely the sand! We could hardly get him to look up for a picture; he just kept grabbing at it and feeling it! We did take him out to the water, but he was a little timid....he cried when we put his feet in, as you can see in the picture below. And after about an hour, he was getting tired (and very messy, as you can see in the last picture!), so we packed up and left. But since we only live about 25 minutes from Galveston, we said that we'll have to come back every month or so this summer....I think he'll just get more and more excited about (and interested in) the water every time we go.