Father’s Day at the “Beach”

Photo Credit: jeezychreezy

For Father’s Day, my daughters and I took my husband to the beach.  He wasn’t expecting to go anywhere for Father’s Day, but, when he arrived home from an arduous workday and opened the front door, he was whisked away to one of his favorite spots–the beach.

We placed a tan king-sized sheet on the living room floor and put his green and white lounge chair on it.  We opened up and propped our rainbow-colored beach umbrella above the lounge chair, on which my daughter placed a multi-colored beach towel.  So he’d have a place for a Daytona Beach cup filled with his favorite soda, we brought in the white resin table from the backyard and set it next to the chair.  We placed some of our larger seashells from various beach trips on the table, too, along with a small wooden drum from Jamaica.    Also, we placed a beach ball, a few beach and pools toys, and a ukulele from Hawaii around the living room.

We kept the lights in the room dim and played ocean, birds, and water sounds on the CD player.  Later, the music was switched to some soothing jazz.

My 2-year-old put on her swimming suit, and my 5-year-old wore a floral lei, pink tank top, a grass skirt, and flip flops.  I wore a white tank top, floral skirt, and a beaded Hawaiian necklace.

When my husband arrived home, he couldn’t wait to rest on his lounge chair.  The girls had a lei waiting for him and were ready to perform songs on the karaoke machine, while I played along on the pink ukulele.  Later, we hula danced as my husband fell asleep on his lounge chair at the beach for Father’s Day.

July 10th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Customs | (0)