Our weekend started on Friday morning. On the way down to the beach we scheduled a photo shoot at Portrait Innovations. This was to be a big photo shoot for both kids since these were milestone ages (2 years and 6 months). The kids did amazingly well. It helped that we had the run of the place for at least an hour while there were few other customers in there yet. We ended up getting a lot of pictures but had planned to do that for this session anyway. The timing breakdown is that we starting shooting at 11:30am, finished shooting at 1pm, finished selecting photos at 2pm, and picked up the pictures at 3pm. You may be tempted to feel sorry for us but it went so well and the final product was superb. We eventually got to the beach house without any trouble, went for a quick evening walk at the beach, and then got everyone to settled down.
The next day, after we had breakfast, we went for a walk again at the beach. We then decided that we wanted to get Amelia to a park so we headed for a decent one on Long Beach. It started to sprinkle so we detoured to the public library instead. That turned out to be perfect because Leslie and Amelia had extended reading time together while I fed Thomas. It was quiet and peaceful. I love libraries.
Next, grandma and papa arrived at the beach house and Amelia was so excited to see them. They were such a big help to have there, the kids loved them, and we enjoyed their company too.
Later that evening we all went to Surfer's restaurant for dinner. It was basically a fat person's seafood gorge-a-thon. Pretty gross, really. We got back home and, after the kids were in bed, Leslie and I got to go for a nice walk on the beach by ourselves.
On Sunday, we basically let the kids and grandparents play a lot while we got everything cleaned and packed. On our way home, we stopped at Pullen Park in Raleigh. It has great attractions for little kids. There is a train, a playground, a pedal boat area, a carousel, and other miscellaneous small rides. It's all affordable too. Each ride is only a dollar per person.
Finally, we got back to Durham and executed our plan to get a deeply discounted outdoor playhouse for the backyard. Joy. More plastic. Oh well, the kids and friends will have lots of fun with it.
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That sounds like a fun weekend. I love libraries too. And Pullen Park is a blast!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to see your blog. We seem to be living mirror lives, the museum, farmers market, duke forest, the beach. We look forward to playing soon.
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