This weekend we went to Beaufort. William's "Uncle George" and "Aunt Carol" have a house there on the water on Front Street. We were married there 2 years ago. It's so beautiful there. We ate at The Spouter Inn on Friday night, outside on the water. Cheyenne needed a bath and Carol has a HUGE tub with jets and everything. So Cheyenne and I took a bath together. I was afraid she would slip by herself in there or get lost. After filling the tub on we turned on the jets and it made lots of bubbles. She has never enjoyed a bath as much as this one!
After eating breakfast this morning at the Boardwalk cafe (Cheyenne had grits for the first time! She actually liked them..) we went to the Aquarium at Pine Knolls Shore. It was on our way home and Cheyenne has never been to an aquarium. She loved all the fish. She would run to a wall of fish and say "sish!" It was hard to keep up with her. She also loved the sting rays. They were in one of those tanks where you can pet them so William would hold her up and she would try to touch them as they swam by. All in all we had a great trip. She didn't sleep in the car on the way down and back as much as I would like and the DVD player didn't hold her attention for as long as I would like, but we made there and back in one piece. Maybe with a little less sanity... 
Saturday we got up early and took a boat ride out to Shackleford Banks. This is an island about 10 minutes away where there are not houses. Just beach and wild horses. This was Cheyenne's very 1st boat ride. I think she enjoyed it. When we got going fast, she turned around and layed her head on our chest so the wind wasn't in her face. We spent about 2 hours out there shelling and playing in the sand. We did get to see the horses. Pretty cool! We went back to the house and had lunch and Chey took a nap. Then we packed up and headed to Fort Macon. William and I were supposed to be married there, on the beach, but the weather didn't cooperate. We took the chairs and umbrella and Cheyenne's sand toys. She had so much fun! She would find shells and put them in her bucket and dig in the sand. This was a much different experience than our beach trip last summer when she was 6 months old. She basically sat in a little pool under the umbrella then. Now she was all over the place! It was so cool to see the amazement in her eyes at all the new stuff.
After eating breakfast this morning at the Boardwalk cafe (Cheyenne had grits for the first time! She actually liked them..) we went to the Aquarium at Pine Knolls Shore. It was on our way home and Cheyenne has never been to an aquarium. She loved all the fish. She would run to a wall of fish and say "sish!" It was hard to keep up with her. She also loved the sting rays. They were in one of those tanks where you can pet them so William would hold her up and she would try to touch them as they swam by. All in all we had a great trip. She didn't sleep in the car on the way down and back as much as I would like and the DVD player didn't hold her attention for as long as I would like, but we made there and back in one piece. Maybe with a little less sanity...
Enjoying our bath in the big tub!
Cheyenne loves her new shoes. They're crocs! Whenever I said "go get your shoes" these were the ones she chose from the 3 pair a brought.
Finding sea shells.
Finding sea shells.
Cheyenne and daddy at the Banks.
The wild horses.
Cheyenne at Shackleford Banks.
Cheyenne playing in the sand.
Cheyenne took over my chair...
Cheyenne and mommy at Fort Macon.
Cheyenne and daddy looking at turtles at the aquarium.
2 comments:
what a fun trip! sounds like you got to see and do a lot! next year it'll be with 2 kids!
Emma has that bathing suit. I guess they will be matching this summer.
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