Our first trip to the beach with Noah was a lot of fun. We went as part of the first annual MEGA Family Vacation group, and there were a couple dozen other (mostly lesbian) families there too, and lots and lots and lots of kids, mostly toddlers and preschoolers, but everything from Noah’s age to teens.

On Saturday morning, we all met at the beach on Tybee Island, just outside of Savannah and just south of Hilton Head. Our waitress described it as the "redneck Riviera." We think that’s probably fair, especially after seeing how many beer cans there were on the beach at 6 am on Sunday.

Unfortunately, at 95 degrees and 100% humidity, even slathered in sunscreen Noah was only good for half an hour or maybe 40 minutes down at the beach. So we came back to our hotel and after we cleaned up, we had lunch on the patio.

Even that was only bearable for so long.

Noah enjoyed himself more in the air conditioned hotel room.

After some playtime with his Mommies and a nap, it was time for the MEGA Family Picnic and Dance.

It turns out that Noah loves to dance. He did the Twist, the Electric Slide, and the Y-M-C-A.

He even watched Mommy do the Chicken Dance.

Dancing gets Noah’s "thumb’s up!"

All good things must come to an end, but Noah was still awake. So after the dance, we took an evening walk on the beach. It was only around 8 pm and nowhere near as dark as the pictures make it look. And I’m starting to like this sling as a hip carrier. Maybe Noah was just too little for slings earlier.

By now, both mommies were beat. But Noah was still not tired. Who can be tired when there’s SITTING to do?

Eventually, Noah finally consented to sleep. Sort of. Off and on, anyway. This morning we went for an early morning walk on the beach — 6 am, there were maybe half a dozen other people out and about that early. Then we went for breakfast and headed home pretty early.

Having not slept well, the mommies got a little punchy on the way home. Who says happy meals are just for kids? Especially pirate happy meals!?? (To be fair to Jill, I begged her to wear the punch out pirate accessories from the side of the box.)

Noah thought the eye patch was hilarious.

On the whole, he enjoyed the car trip.

But 5 hours really is a long time.