Chincoteague Part 2

Day 3 (Friday): Another morning bike ride, this time Henry fell asleep before we got back home. That's due to getting up so early or going to bed too late. Combination I'm sure. We biked to the turtles today and avoided the large bugs!

Mommy is ready for the day in her beach chair! Today was really hot and humid. Not even much of a breeze at the beach. We didn't last too long before we were all just too hot and tired. Perfect day for an ice cream cone at our favorite Creamery. Yum!

Tonight we headed out for the carnival after dinner. The Vol. Fire Co. puts this on every year to help raise money. There's a few of the ponies that made the swim and that got auctioned off on Thursday.

It's a carnival, so we had to play some games. Kellan and Daddy played the fishing game and brought home a stuffed fish. The rides looked a bit big and scary for Kellan, so we avoided those. Well, we tried one old fashioned car ride, that Kellan ended up coming off 2 seconds after it started. It was a bit loud and rustic, so not too much fun for my sensitive child!

Day 4 (Saturday): Skipped the bike ride today because we got a later start. Much breezier and more pleasant on the beach today. Kellan found a friend to play with a good part of the day. They ran around together playing with each others beach toys.

This evening we took the kids to the park to play. There is also a pier that many people fish and crab off of. One family had just pulled up two blue crabs, so the boys had fun watching them.

Day 5 (Sunday): Last day for the beach before heading home tomorrow. We were at the beach for about an hour when the kids were kind of fussing and acting like they wanted to go in. Kellan found another boy to play with, so he got a second wind and didn't want to leave of course. We couldn't have asked for better beach weather, other than maybe a bit cooler. It's been in the high 90's all week which is great when you are near water, not so great when you are out and about. Thank goodness for air conditioning at the house! We had many ice cream cones!

Just a cute picture of Henry napping with the crab pillow. This evening we went to the nature center. Even though it was closed, we strolled the long board walk and watched the fiddler crabs.
Overall, a very fun vacation with the boys. Tim and I have always been beach lovers, so we were very excited to take them this year because we knew they would love it too. I can't say it's really a "vacation" for the adults (meaning there isn't much rest and relaxation), but it's so much fun to see them in a different element other then home. They really played well together and we'll look forward to next year!

Chincoteague

Finally, our Chincoteague trip has come!! Kellan has been asking to go to the beach all summer. We arrived to U. Jack and A. Gunilla's house around 4 on Weds. and quickly got unpacked. We also had to do some quick toddler proofing since Henry seems to find every breakable object, including the knife drawer. We got our suits and beach bag and headed to the beach, of course. We were surprised how many people were still there, but we also are at Chincoteague during the busiest week of the year. Pony Penning week is when they swim the wild ponies of Assateague Island across the channel to Chincoteague and the Vol. Fire Dept auctions some of them off to raise money. The swim took place before we got there on Weds. Henry wasn't so sure of the loud sounds the ocean made at first, but quickly took a liking to the sand of course. We only spent about an hour or so making some sand castles before we headed back to get some dinner.

Day 2(Thursday): The boys were both up early in anticipation of going to the beach. We first went out for a bike ride around the trail that takes us to the pony overlook. We got immediately swarmed by mosquitos and other large bugs, so made a fast departure. Kellan is no longer interested in ever going back to that spot! So, off to the beach we go for a good day of sand digging, castle building, and water play. Ahhh....

Cutie beach bums!! Henry was very good about keeping his sun hat on the whole time.

Barely buckled in before they were both fast asleep for the 10 minute car ride back to the house.

Boys being silly before winding down for bed.

Henry loved playing with the fireplace and this rolling cart. It didn't matter that we had brought an entire large duffel bag of toys for them to play with!

Our Movie Date

Kellan and I had a date to the movies. This was his first movie in the big theater, so he was very excited. We went to see Cars 2. The first Cars movie is one of his favorites. We got some popcorn and Twizzlers. One taste of the Twizzlers and he decided they weren't for him. Good, more for Mommy!! He went to sit in the chair and it popped back up on him, so he then decided he was going to sit in Mommy's lap for the entire 2+ hour movie(and previews). We had fun snuggling and eating popcorn together! I think we'll go on another date!

New Housekeeper

I didn't realize we had a new housekeeper until I came home after running some errands one afternoon, and the house was clean! Not sure what kind of bribes it took to make this happen, but who am I to question?! I'm just thrilled to have a clean kitchen and bathroom!

Looks like it's not all work and no play. Dinosaurs and horses all playing together, how fun!! :)

Museum Day

It's been dreadfully hot, so coming up with indoor activities has become difficult. It's been close to a year since we've made the trek to downtown DC, so off we went to the Natural History Museum. All boys love safari animals and dinosaurs.

One of Kellan's favorites, the T-Rex. Ahhh, help me Kellan, he's gonna eat me!

The boys loved the hands on room. Kellan and the skeleton shaking hands. Henry not afraid of the croc.

Love the expressions here!

We don't see anything Mommy! Hello? Can you hear me Mommy?

Tim took a few (hundred) pics of the animals, so here is a sampling. :)

As we were getting ready to leave the museum, we ran into our good friends, the O'Shaughnessy's. We strolled together back to the parking garage and food court. Cute picture of Kellan holding hands with his bud Ollie and Mr. Bryan. Fun day!