Moose loved looking out the sliding glass doors to watch ALL the dogs walking past. He especially loved all the new pillows to lay upon!
And ALL the food!! Moose ate good that week - we all did!
A cloudy day seemed like a nice day for a game of Putt-Putt.
Tried out the "Lost Treasure Miniature Golf" course in Kill Devil Hills for Kade's first official putt-putt. Our team was on the hunt for Gold. (There are two courses - Gold and Diamonds) The first 9 holes went well - we took turns and cheered each other along. Then it quickly soured. Brock and Kade came to a more difficult course, didn't like that I scored them at four strokes (even though they actually did about 11) and Kade hit, and lost, his ball into the waterfall. Kade and Brock also got quite upset that their ball was "taken" on the last hole when it disappeared back to the main office.
We talked some things out while we cooled off eating ice creams at Dairy Queen. Playing a game "just for fun" is a hard lesson to learn with my competitive boys.
I thought we still needed to burn off some steam, so we stopped over at the big playground near our house. It was getting warmer and the humidity was ridiculous, so we didn't stay long.
Poor Kade - he got stung by a jellyfish on our last beach day. He was complaining that his hand and belly were burning him and he rubbed some sand on it, telling me it made it feel better. I started packing up the stuff to head back, but he wanted me to bury him first. When we finally arrived back at the house, I saw just how bad the rash was! With the help of some Benadryl, the rash was all gone by the next day. He was lucky it wasn't one of the bad jellyfish from last year!
Our only dinner out that week, so get dressed nice!
One last full day and it was to be the sunniest of all days! Off to the water park - H2OBX!
We were there when the park opened and immediately ran to the wave pool. The whole family went on one of the big water slides, but the boys were super thrilled to just hang out at this huge splash pad for the remainder of the visit (oh, and a few trips around the lazy river).
Brent went down the insanely steep water slide where the floor just drops and you fall FAST. His sunglasses were in his bathing suit pocket and they blew out from the force of the slide. No thanks for me!
Next time, I'll have them just wear their bathing suits....... sand was EVERYWHERE! (Thank goodness for outdoor showers)
We were waiting patiently for the sun to fully go down before the crabs came out!
Brock, Moose, and Kade footprints!
Then it's on!!
Final thoughts on the beach trip. Overall, it was a good house with a great location. The mornings were tough - not the best night's sleep in very uncomfortable beds and being woken by bickering children.
We were there the first week of the Tokyo Olympics and it was so fun to watch the videos/highlights whenever we wanted. I had enough down time that I read an entire book (Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid)! Brock put together the Lego Surfer Beach house (564 pieces). Kade creatively turned his bunk bed into a new fort every day. Brent made great use of his mini Weber grill - even cooking filets on it one night!
Let's go home!
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