Second Day at the Beach!

We are in Myrtle Beach. This is the first time my Ethiopian children have seen the ocean. When we told them we were taking them to the beach they said. "Oh, my grandmother had an ocean in her backyard. We would fish there." I then explained why an ocean was different than a lake. Ethiopia is landlocked so I am pretty sure they had never seen the ocean before.

So, when we took them to see the beach last night Sam held Jared and brought him to the shore so he could put his feet in. First he screamed at the top of his lungs and ran to me with tears streaming down his cheeks. Then Ella and Grace ran to the beach deliriously excited. It was late in the day (around 5) so Grace didn't have her suit on . Ella did and jumped right in. Grace was simultaneously terrified and giddy. Jared eventually was drenched and loved it. It was amazing to see.

We came back today. The kids were doing cartwheels in the water. Grace asked why the water tasted like SALT. This has been so sweet to see them experiencing all of these things.

We have two rooms at a hotel. All 5 of the girls are in one. The three boys across the hall. OUr hotel is next to a strip club (they are all over the place here ) called FANTAILS. They don't tell you these things on the hotel websites.

We also saw some tigers and ligers and Grace swears she would see some tigers or lions sleeping in trees in Ethiopia. I am not even sure if that is true but how amazing if it is true.

We will update this soon.

Deanna