Trapped!

 

 

The Little One has a habit of crawling into the bottom of his Excersaucer – and then getting very angry about it. Momma stole a moment to snap a photo before rescuing him this time!

A Saturday in Southport

Southport is just a ferry ride away from Pleasure Island. We brought the Big One to satisfy his boat interest. We met up with family friends who live nearby to Southport and they showed up around town and we all enjoyed a wonderful lunch together.

We met our friends at a local park, right on the waterfront. While we waited we swung together and enjoyed the view. Once we met up, we walked through downtown, a short distance filled with all sorts of fun little shops, including a fantastic toy store, at which we bought little pirate toys (fashioned like the old school toy soldiers) that the Big One has played with for weeks.

 

We even found a small museum full of information about the local maritime tradition. Apparently, “Frying Pan” is a common name around here for boats and other locals. While at the museum, the Little One passed out in the wagon, while his friend slept in the stroller.

After a wonderful lunch of local seafood, we returned to the park to pick the van. My boys, my family, had a wonderful time.

Fantastic Ferry

 

 

The Big One has been really interested in boats lately. We decided that a fun trip would be to take the Southport ferry. At $5 a vehicle, we made a round trip for $10, which was well worth the total hour trip. We watched the birds, the other boats and all the land between Fort Fisher and Southport pass by. It was a cloudy day, and a bit windy, which seems perfect for a ferry ride!

A Return Home

Some of you remember that when Momma and Daddy first moved to Wilmington, we lived in a state park for a week before finding a place to live. We returned to the park for a walk in the woods with the boys. The Big One explored and touched everything, a practice we were less indulgent in as the heat of the day hit and 90 degrees plus humidity set in. But until then, the morning was a wonderful exploration of all that nature had to offer. 

 

 

Obligatory Naked Baby Photo

 

 

Here is the Little One, clean after a bath. It was his first bath after his surgery, where tubes were put in his ears. We had to wait for the doctor’s okay to get water in his ears again. Now, instead of “birdy baths,” he is fresh as a daisy, head to toe!

A View from a Three

The Big One has learned how to (mostly) operate our camera. Here are some of his better photos. For reasons that are completely beyond me, he insists on using the viewfinder on our digital camera. In this digital age, where did he learn that behavior?

 

Helping Momma Make Jam

 

 

Momma

 

 

“I’ve got you now, Perry the Platypus!”