We woke early (in the 6:00 hour) and voted to let Nana Barbara get some sleep! We headed out to Jimbo's for breakfast. Our waitress was so sweet and made both kids Mickey Mouse pancakes - with bacon and sausage. We lingered at breakfast - everyone knows you have to a full tummy to enjoy vacation!
We choose to walk the Riverfront this morning. Two kids, one stroller, hot weather - definitely a good idea, right? The kids loved seeing the big boats (maybe one year we will ride the Henrietta III!). We looked out at the bridge we crossed coming into Wilmington.
We window shopped downtown (no one was at work yet....), and waited for the kids museum to open. We spent our morning at PlayWilmington - a morning well spent! We started in the camping section - tents with sleeping bags, real live animals, pretend campfires with plenty of cooking supplies, and lots of books about the outdoors.
Next we became scientists - how cool we looked in our lab coats and goggles. Our mission was to determine what happened when you mixed different colors together - definitely a good time.
Then we were off to the Pirate Ship - lucky for us it was 11:00 by now because the cannon shoots real tennis ball grenades then. We took turns dressing up a like a pirate, following the treasure map, and shooting the cannon.
Art - one of our favorites. First there is playdough - lots of bug stamps! Then, there is free painting. We made Popsicle puzzles at the third art station. The last station in art had color blocks and a light table for building and mixing colors.
Under the pirate ship was the beach! With buried treasure! And gleaming booty!
We hated to leave (there were tears involved) - but with promise of the beach in the afternoon, we were off!
Our first beach trip after naps was a blast. Everyone was shocked at how quickly the kids took to the water - jumping, splashing, falling down on purpose - fun, fun, and more fun! Any break the kids took to build sand castles was quickly taken by Tommy to scare both the mommy and the nana while swimming far out!
After we got cleaned up, Nana Barbara and Grandpa Rod took us out for seafood. Two shrimp kids meals please! with pink lemonade!
Mommy let us play in the ocean again after dinner (okay, so we were supposed to be all dressed up and posing for pictures - but who could resist those crashing waves, and that tide that kept getting closer to us?).
It was good day all around - a few bedtime stories, several glasses of water, a couple of threats - and two children were fast asleep, together:).
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