Beach Blues

As previously posted we spent last week with my grandparents in Kingwood. Well last weekend we decided to crash my dad's conference in Galveston and take Jackson to his very first beach adventure. Sadly Daddy could not join us because he had a bachelor party to attend (poor guy) so it was just the cub and I. Oh, and Abuelo of course.

As soon as we arrived we unloaded our cargo and went to my dad's conference which took place in Moody Gardens. This place has it ALL from a conference center, to a hotel, a museum, an aquarium and even a water park! It was insane. My dad left us to attend his meetings and the cub and I decided to hit up the aquarium as we were a bit overwhelmed by all the other attractions...

He LOVED the seals...

 This tank had all kinds of aquatic life but Jackson was most interested in the turtle. He didn't even notice the shark that would NOT take his eyes off our gordo... 

 Abuelo showed up half way through our visit and Jackson just about lost it. As I've said in the past, my dad is this cub's most favorite person in the entire world. Even more than his own momma! So Jackson was elated to run around with my dad...

He was most excited to show Abuelo the lion fish. As soon as we told him the name of the species he started roaring at them...

 First day in Galveston, GREAT success. To say he slept well that night is a true understatement. He CRASHED. Which was good because next day was beach day!

 From the looks of these pictures you'd think this cub had a grand 'ole time. Truth is...he HATED it. We were there for all of 45 minutes and it was true work just to get him to touch the water.

I knew he hated sand because every time he comes across it--on his hands, clothes, shoes, etc. he runs up to us and says 'sucio, sucio' but I never imagined he'd hate the beach that much. He chose instead to let his momma run around in the waves like a crazy woman while he hung back and played with his toys ON the loungers and NOT in the sand...

 The rest of our stay was obviously spent poolside and as you can tell by these pictures the cub was in-his-element...