Nicholas returned to Myrtle Beach, this time to Broadway on the Beach. This place is rather like Barefoot Landing… shops, restaurants, theatres.
One store in particular bears mention… Father Time. If you want a real treat for a youngster, this place is the one (just make sure you watch where the kid’s hands are at all times!). They sell clocks of all sorts…grandfather clocks, mantel clocks, you name it.
We went by there last year and fell in love with these wall clocks at the back of the store that play songs and have mechanisms/displays that move about on the signalling of the hour. The physics in some of them is utterly fascinating. Well, we finally took the plunge on a breaking clock encased in wood whose face breaks into two pieces and performs one of six songs on the hour.
One of the things that has amazed me is how focused Nicholas can be when he wants to be. Two things in particular catch (and usually hold!) his attention…things that move and things that are musical. This one is both and I know he’s going to be thrilled with it!