Once every summer vacation, TEA gets a sunburn. This is not a lack of due diligence on my part but a problem with TEA being so fair of complexion and really quite skinny.
Last year, it happened as TEA was making a sand castle while this year the cause was boogie boarding.
You see, TEA has no butt to speak of and as a consequence, his suit falls a little low. He is reminded to pull it up quite often (we have even worked out a signal so that he knows to pull it up while he is in the ocean and I am standing in the surf) and for the first couple of days of the trip, it worked out well.
Yesterday, however, when he spent five hours in the ocean, out of six on the beach, the exposed area was sun kissed. He was a hurting camper last night, even going so far to exclaim, "but I still have the tan line from last year".
Today, he does not want to go to the beach, and that is his choice, as I could use a day out of the sun as well. Ray Ban Wayfairers + A Lot of Sun = Awesome Raccoon Eyes...I look like a reverse Paul Sorvino.
So, I guess...in some bizarre way, TEA's hide got tanned.
I am a bad father.
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