Saturday, April 21, 2012

Myrtle Beach, Day 2: The Pool

After eating a great lunch of peanut butter and jelly, we headed back down to the sun and sand. The boys really wanted to play in the hotel swimming pools, so we picked up our sand toys and headed to the (heated) outdoor pools and lazy river by our hotel tower.

The view of the South Tower of the Seawatch Plantation from the beach.

The pools were fantastic - nicely heated and the boys spent a great deal of time splashing and wading out into the shallow water. We also discovered that Nolan can swim. The child had one session of swimming lessons over a year ago, but never learned how to swim through those lessons. Somehow, he spontaneously discovered that he could swim - it caused a minor panic attack when he dove under the pool water for the first time. I was ready to jump in and grab him, but he started paddling away and popped his little head up a few feet away, looking triumphant.

Apparently, Nolan can swim. Who knew? 

Matt is getting better at swimming, too. 

The view of the beach from the pool area.

The lazy river was a big hit, though the air temperature was quite cold. For this reason, both boys ditched the inner tubes and simply swam/walked around the river. They had a blast doing this, because the current pushed them along faster than they could normally swim.

Matt floats in the lazy river.  

The air was cold, so he slipped out of his tube. 

Running in the lazy river. 

Nolan plays in the lazy river.

The day ended with a dip in the hot tubs. Nolan was hard to restrain in the hot tubs, because he has absolutely no fear and decided that doing cannonballs would be a great idea. Fortunately, we managed to get him settled down and we had a glorious time chatting and relaxing in the hot water.

Hot tubs are SO nice! 

Matt loved the hot tub, too!

We went back to the condo and the boys fell into bed, absolutely exhausted and absolutely happy.

Nolan was absolutely exhausted after a day at the beach! 

Matt gets ready to hit the sack.

The boys were ecstatic as they fell asleep, knowing that another full day on the beach was ahead!

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