what they'll remember

Liam's teacher keeps a classroom blog, where he posts a question and the students all have to leave comments to answer it. Yesterday's question was what everyone did over the long holiday weekend. Here is Liam's response:

My long weekend was much longer than yours!

So we went on vacation on an island called Ocracoke Island. It was very fun. We went to the beach and great seafood restaurants, including Eduardo’s Tacos and Howard’s Pub. The only bad place was this deserted island called Portsmouth Island. The place was COVERED in mosquitoes. Once we were out of that part we had to walk very far on the beach until we got back on the boat to Ocracoke.

And that about sums it up for them. Henry mentions the seashells, Max talks about going to the beach/ocean, but ALL of them talk about the Nightmare on Mosquito Island. All of the great things we did, and what they'll remember the most is how we got attacked by swarms of voracious bloodsuckers. Yesterday, Max was on the phone with Avalon, telling her about the trip, and I heard him say proudly, "I got bitten so many times that it looks like I have the chicken pox." Sigh. At least it was a memorable trip.