Galveston Beach

This morning, Ngoai and Papa wanted to take Andrew to the beach. Amazingly enough, we hadn't taken him before so this was his first time ever. Uncle Hung was able to come with us too along with Daisy and Bennett. Andrew was so happy that the dogs were coming too! He loved having him on the drive down with us.

I wasn't sure how Andrew would do seeing how he's been so tentative in the water this summer. But I wanted to see what he would do. I thought it might be okay because on our drive down, Andrew loved looking at all the boats and the water. He was so excited! When we finally reached the beach, Andrew got out and didn't want to go in the water. Figures!! He instead walked down the beach with Ngoai and Papa and deliberately avoided the waves.

But when we got his beach toys out, Andrew started playing in the sand. We made sand castles and trains of course. He really seemed to like playing in the sand. Later, we got the water blasters out and had a good time playing with them especially shooting Papa (Papa was such a good sport through it all). Andrew finally got a little more comfortable with the water as the morning went on. He got his feet wet, but wouldn't go too far into the water. I think he was scared of the waves and not being able to gauge their strength. But by the time we left, he was pretty comfortable getting his feet in very shallow waters.

One amazing thing we saw from the shore were a few dolphins (and at one point, a bird coming down upon it). I had never seen them so close to shore in all my years of going to Galveston. We tried to point them out to Andrew, but I don't think he could differentiate them from fish. And my pictures don't do it justice. I totally need a better lens! ;)

After eating some lunch and continuing to play, we had been there already two hours. I hadn't planned on being there so long because of the sun, but thankfully, it wasn't too hot this morning. So, we packed up and headed back to League City. I was shocked that Andrew didn't fall asleep on the way home!! But he took a good nap after we got home.

He said he liked the beach and wants to go back again! Hopefully, he will become even braver the next time we go. Thanks to Ngoai, Papa, and Uncle Hung for making it such a great first beach outing for Andrew!!