PASwansons: Myrtle Beach New Years Week

It's been a few years since Grandma Melody and Grandpa Jeff moved to Myrtle Beach and we didn't get to see them for the holidays. Since it worked out that we had some time off of work/school it was a good year to go. We had wanted to have another visit with Great Grandma Nancy, who is all settled into a lovely assisted living home and doing pretty well. And it was also the only way to see the Browns for the holidays too since they officially moved to Atlanta a few weeks prior. As a bonus, Uncle Parker, Aunt Joan, Alicia, Brad and Liz all came in for a visit too so it was a fun family week. It could have been a little warmer (we froze outside NYE) but still better than it was at home and always nice to get away. It was 70 when we left to come up and had dropped nearly 40 degrees till we got back to PA!

One of our last stops was to Boardwalk at the Beach. We always enjoy walking around there, and doing some rides. Since the kids had some birthday money we also thought they would really enjoy doing Build a Bear and we were right. They had a great time picking out their animals and accessories for it!

Stuffing his Ninja Turtle

Passing on his heart to it

And his muscles

Her turn to stuff her my little pony

giving it her nose

time for a bath

and time for a fashion show!

Of course we did our Christmas too!

Aliyah enjoyed all her new art supplies, already made some scrunch art with Grandma!

The kids had a hard time understanding that it wasn't going to be like Myrtle Beach in the summer with all the swimming. Lucky for us the Browns and Uncle Parker's were both staying at a nice hotel with indoor pools so we got to go over there a few times. This was perfect for a little girl very anxious to try out her new mermaid tail!

When I first let her go she almost looked like she was going to drown, all floundering around. Then I realized she was flapping the tail and doing spins, trying to be just like a real mermaid! It was priceless!