We woke up this morning with intentions of staying at the beach and pool most of the day. Mother Nature, however, decided that was a bad idea. Initially it was a light rain and nothing that bothered us while we were swimming. After a short while the rain picked up and we went to the indoor pool, which I mentioned earlier in the week was very cold. We ended up staying in the kiddie pool with Landon because the other pool was too cold. He really enjoys this pool because the maximum depth is 1 foot and he can run around the pool easily (with us holding onto him, of course.)
While he was running around he made a friend. A little girl, probably 1-2 years old, started following him around the pool. It was cute. She would just get close to him and he’d look at her and then keep motoring around the pool. At one point he tried to grab her swimmies and she didn’t like that, but she kept following him around. I took him back to the edge of the pool where Christi, Jason, and Lynn were waiting out the rain and sitting with their feet in the water. The little girl followed us over there and sat a few feet from me (I was holding Landon out of the water at this point). She was just staring at us and I smiled at her. And she kept staring like she wanted to play or something. I asked her what her name was and she said something very softly. I couldn’t make it out, but I said “Hi, this is Landon.” And she kept staring. Shortly after, her older, but still pretty young, brother came over and told her that “mommy needed her to come over right now.” Her parents were sitting across from us, maybe 20 feet away on the other edge of the pool. I had smiled at them while Landon was walking around the pool and they just looked back at me. I guess it is weird to smile at people these days.
Anyway, the little girl refused to leave and the boy looked at me and said “did you talk to her?” This caught me off-guard because it instantly sent tons of thoughts streaming through my head. Did her parents think I was trying to kidnap her? Did it look like I was trying to get her over to where we were sitting? Was I doing anything wrong? I mean, she was following us around right in front of her parents. They didn’t seem concerned then. Anyway, I answered the kid honestly. I said simply said yes. I was preparing for her parents to come over and say something about not talking to their daughter, but it never happened. Soon after, the rain stopped and we went back outside, only to have to return later because the rain started coming down hard. This whole incident made me realize that I wasn’t really prepared for any parent confrontations or anything like that. If that situation arises again it would be something new and strange. I guess I need to be prepared for other parents because you never know what parents will do when it comes to their children. I think parent-parent interactions might be another blog topic.
I was proud of Landon. He is already pulling in the ladies and he’s not even trying yet! On a more serious note, the rain continued through lunch and the weather report said it was going to settle in for most of the day. We decided we would head out to the aquarium and take in some other indoor activities. We grabbed a quick bite to eat lunch and then went to the Ripley’s aquarium. It was pretty crowded and we didn’t get to see all of the exhibits, but we saw most of them. There were some cool fish and they had a sea turtle, which was pretty awesome. Since we had recently been to the Georgia Aquarium, I was trying to not compare the two because the Georgia Aquarium was much larger and had a more diverse collection of marine animals. However, subconsciously I found myself critiquing everything I felt wasn’t as good as the Georgia Aquarium. Not that Ripley’s wasn’t good, because it was and I really enjoyed spending time there. It’s simply the fact that the Georgia Aquarium has the largest tank in the world (for the time being) and they have newer facilities. That being said, Ripley’s was very nice and we had fun there. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, so I do not have any good pictures to show you. Also, Landon fell asleep shortly after we got there and did not get to enjoy the fish like he did at the Georgia Aquarium. He woke up toward the end while we were in the gift shop, but he did get to see some fish in the very last tank.
Once we were done with the aquarium, we stopped at a store in Broadway (where the aquarium is located) and then drove over to Barefoot Landing. There are two sides to Barefoot Landing and we had only seen one side, so since we were out we decided to walk around the second side. You might notice that we were walking around outdoor malls at this point. The rain that was supposed to be there all day had stopped. It actually stopped before we made it to the aquarium, but at that point we had already made up our minds to go to the aquarium. We are hoping the rain will hold off tomorrow so we can relax around the condo before we have to start packing for our return trip on Saturday. This week has gone by too fast. Time goes by too fast ever since Landon was born.
When we came home tonight we did our night-time routine of swimming in the lazy river and then the hot tub. We were supposed to come back and play some games, but everyone either fell asleep or decided to curl up on the couch with a book. Everyone except me, that is, because I curl up with my laptop. I don’t have any books I like to read, mainly because I’m not sure what type of books I would like to read and I don’t have the time to read consistently. Also, if I started reading, my writing time wouldn’t exist. It’s hard enough to sit down like I am right now and type out even a simple blog post, but this week I have been able to reflect on things and then write it all down.
Well, it’s almost time to go to bed. I need to put the computer down and get ready to fall asleep. That’s all for today.
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