beach view

At 20 months old, Dennis has his very own oceanfront bedroom at the vacation condo. What a lucky little guy. He's enjoyed playing some on the balcony and taking in the lovely view.

Today was windy and cold here at the beach. I did a little shopping, all for Dennis, of course. I am working on his Advent calendar (nothing like waiting until the last minute) and shopped for tiny treasures to put in the doors on the house. I also wanted to hit Bath and Body Works because Mom saw an advertisement that you got a free sheep with purchase, and they had cute black ones. Dennis has 2 black sheep already, and he LOVES them, and I wanted to add to his sheep collection. I was successful. It turns out that they had LOTS of different sheep, some tiny ones, medium sized ones, and huge ones. The medium sized ones came in white (with brown face and feet), all black, and gray (with black face and feet). They were marked down to $3 each. So Dennis now has all 3, and 1 tiny white one for his Advent house.

David took him for a walk on the beach, but it was really too windy to be enjoyable. I hate that I missed seeing him walking on the beach, but we'll do a repeat performance tomorrow. I'm optimistic for better weather and bought a sand bucket and shovel just in case. We did take him for a swim in the indoor pool and he had a great time. He especially enjoyed the echo he got when he yelled and tried out half his repertoire of yelling words while we were there.

We had Thanksgiving leftovers for lunch and Bob's Famous Spaghetti for supper, plus Janet's delicious chocolate trifle for dessert. I did some serious working out in the fitness center here at the resort tonight and would have walked on the beach as well if I hadn't feared the blowing sand was so rough it'd change the prescription on my glasses lenses! Dennis was thrilled with the meals and his new sheep. He also got a new Audubon bird, a Spotted Owl, and he loves it as well. He's getting quite a collection of those birds, and he knows which call each bird makes.

We are all happy and relaxed, and it really feels like a vacation. Dennis is being spoiled rotten, of course, but he makes it easy for us to do.