Weekend Recap

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.  We had a fun time at the coast.  We set out Saturday morning to one of my husbands favorite spots which is Oriental, NC.  A small sailing town that my husband loves to put our wave runners in at.  He was very sad we couldn't go wave running, but the little one needs to be older for this.  It was such a beautiul day on Saturday.  The town was still cleaning up from the aftermath of Irene.  On our jouney there we saw many trees down and obvious flooding but the Neuse River looked beautiful.

Little one had fun sitting in the adirondack chairs.

And I enjoyed watching the sailboats.

After relaxing a bit and having lunch we headed to the Minnesott Beach ferry.

Crossing the Neuse River.

Coming into Atlantic Beach.

Little one had fun staying in a hotel for the first time.  Two days was just perfect.  He had a ball swiming in the pool and of course playing on the bed. 

The next day we headed to the beach.  He had a ball playing in the sand, looking for shells with mommy and swimming in the ocean for the first time with his dad.

After the beach we headed to the cute town of Beaufort, but unfortunately didn't stop since the little one fell asleep in the car.  We have been many times before and would recommend it if you are in the area.  After that we headed out to Harkers Island to check on the boat rides out to see the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.  Well we could get the ride out, but we would have to wait 3+ hours to get back and knew the little one wouldn't make that.  So we will add that to our future list.

For dinner Sunday we had to head to a place that my husband and I have been to many times.  They have been in Morehead City since 1938.

Little one had fun looking at all the fishing boats after dinner.

All in all we had a great time and it was a wonderful way to end our summer.

Linda



Whirlwind Week

We finally made it back to NC late last night.  It was a busy week.  We left NC last week, headed to Michigan then off to Illinois.  We had so much to do around the house including take care of a tree that was damaged in a storm and take our car in.  While in NC the neighbor ran into our car and was so nice to come over and tell us.  That took 3 days but came out great.  Just some minor bumper damage.  We also tried to get in all of our doctor and dentist appointments and I squeezed in a dinner with friends before we left for Michigan again.  Oh and of course we had lots of packing to do.  Once that was all done we headed back to Michigan to celebrate my mom's 84th birthday before heading back down yesterday.  Because we decided to tow our other car down we couldn't drive as fast and so it took us 16 hours.  Needless to say we are all a bit tired, but the little one did great.  We are so lucky he is such a good traveler.  I guess starting him out traveling as a baby has really helped.  Lots to unpack today.  I better run while little one is napping.  More later.

Have a wonderful day.

Linda

A day full of first's

Yesterday we headed to the coast to take the little one to the aquarium for the first time.  We went to the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.  It was small and the perfect size for a 15 month old.  I have to warn you there are LOTS of pictures.  I was going to do this in two posts, but didn't know if I would get a chance to do the second post so here you go.

One of the first things we saw was the albino alligator.

 

The thing looked plastic until it started to move.

Then there were some more alligators.  This big one came right over to see Kyle.  They are pretty scary close up.  Glad that glass is there.

Checking out the starfish.  Kyle could have touched them but wanted no part of that.

After leaving the aquarium we were so close to the Fort Fisher to Southport ferry that we thought we would let Kyle ride a boat for the first time.  He loved it.

Waiting patiently to board the ferry.

It was such a beautiful day yesterday.  We really lucked out.

Here is one of the ferrys we are on.

Once we arrived in Southport we headed to lunch and spotted some pelicans flying over.

The restaurant was overlooking the Cape Fear River.

On our walk after lunch look what I spotted.

Let me give you a closer look.  Yay!! Nantucket is only 581 miles from here :)  Gotta love it.

A view of the lighthouse on Oak Island.

A view of the restaurant we had lunch at.

A stop for me at The Christmas House while the boys waited in the car.  I picked up some cute nautical christmas ornaments.

Driving over the bridge to Oak Island.  Little one was taking a short nap.

His hair just cracks me up. It was windy all day. If my hair wasn't pulled back in a clip it would have been a scary sight (ha-ha).

The first time the little one walked in the sand.  He wasn't sure about this.  It was too funny.

Helping me find some shells.

What is this stuff on my feet?

Wind blown hair :)

He LOVED getting his pigs wet.

We had a wonderful time.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Linda