Oak Island Vacation

K excited to finally get to the beach! We are so grateful for Cheeto's partner that allows us to go to their condo. It's a sweet place to spend a vacation!So excited when Tio got there! We were sad he was the only one who could come with us!

The first night was a perfect night to go swimming. I was grateful that Marcos was willing to help out. The water was the perfect temperature and the kids were needing some time to wear themselves out before bed. Every day we were there without Cheeto they would ask why he couldn't come. It was for 2 reasons. #1 being work and #2 he was going to pick up my parents at the airport on Wednesday.

You don't have to ask my kids to ham it up for a photo op. Who do they belong to? :) Hee hee!

Cade doing his dead man float with a noodle.

Fort Fisher Ferry
We missed the ferry coming back so we had to drive back up through Wilmington.

Loving the boat ride!

Damma and mi ninos!

We thought we only had a few minutes to make the ferry back so we didn't spend too long at the aquarium this visit. Just got through the reptile room. The albino aligator was pretty cool. We thought it was really neat watching them feed and clean the aligator tank. We also got to watch them play with snakes. I DO NOT LIKE SNAKES!!! EW!!!!

I was alone with the kids for the afternoon before Cheeto got there with my parents. It was nice and sunny one minute and one minute later these clouds rolled in. I thought it looks neat the way there is almost blue sky right above the bridge.

These clouds you could literally see rolling. Very strange and eary!

Not a minute later you could barely see the bridge.

A1 was getting so impatient. It was a long wait for G'ma and Daddy!

The kids were going to scare G'ma and Daddy. Little did they know that Papa came as well.
As soon as they heard him get off the elevator they all went running,
completely forgetting about trying to scare Daddy.

One of the highlights of our trip was our visit to the USS North Carolina. It turned out to be a rainy, dreary day. Most of the tour is below deck so that was nice. The kids loved it.
Well worth the time spent there!

My parents really like FireHouse Subs. I had seen a sign for one when we were in Wilmington with Nola a few days earlier. So of course, we went there for lunch.
The kids were excited to get fire hats with their meals.

We also hit the aquarium again. We had more time to spend this time but because it was a rainy day this place was PACKED!! It really wasn't enjoyable with that many people.
We got show K what we meant when we said he had shark teeth. He had extra adult teeth that had to be removed. Sharks have rows and rows of teeth so when they lose one they will continually grow back. My mom didn't know that either.

I was trying to get her to be a G'ma's girl but not a chance. This little one is 100% Mama's girl!

We were told this place had great seafood so we tried it.
The kids weren't thrilled but we found a steak on the menu for us to share.
They were good little sports after each one of them had a time out with dad. :)

We drove around the island a bit after dinner. The beach was perfect that night. Not a lot of wind, just a cool breeze, the water was warm, and only a handful of people. I wished we had known to bring our swimming suits. K didn't care... he was wet up to his armpits.

I had promised to take them swimming one last time.
Even though it was 8pm I had to keep that promise.
We left the next morning. It was a great trip. In the beginning I really thought it was going to be a long week with the kids at the condo, but they were really good kids and we had a blast.