Went to Nags Head (but I missed a week of blogging-sorry!)

So I never got around to last week’s update since we were on vacation….and now I can’t remember what went on….so we will move on to last week! LOL

We left on Friday and headed to Evan’s parents house for the evening. Traffic was awful but Travis was so good in the car. We couldn’t complain. Got to his parents house around 10:30ish and visited for a few minutes and went to bed. In the morning Jamey made us all blueberry pancakes and Travis gobbled them up! Later in the morning we headed down to the local Estuarium. I had never been to one before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Basically it’s an area of marshes etc where various turtles, fish and ducks make their home. Travis enjoyed checking out the turtles the most and we posed with a giant crab on the way out!

Around lunch time we packed up and drove 2 hours to Nags Head. Travis was getting so excited about the beach that he freaked out every time he saw a seagull! We went to Sonic when we got into town since Mark and Amy weren’t back with the key to the house yet. We got a call when we were waiting for our food that Evan’s Uncle Dan had passed away that am in a car accident. So sad…..they think he had a heart attack and then crashed his car but the autopsy will take 6-8 weeks. We got to the beach house and unpacked our mass of stuff. Amy and I then went to the Harris Teeter in town and stocked up for the week. The rest of the week was a bit of a blur but I will do my best….lol….

Almost every day we started the day at the beach. The kids were really into making moats and sandcastles. Travis and Grant were loving using the boogie boards. Grant had done this last summer but Travis had no idea. He had a blast and laughed the whole time-even when a wave was knocking him down! I had to pluck him out of the undertow a few times but he came up smiling every single time! Usually we would go to the pool at the house in the afternoons but the pool was soooooo cold! The kids ended up swimming in the “hot pool” aka the hot tub that we turned down to about 95 degrees. At least we knew they could all stand up in there-lol. In the evenings we usually went out to dinner to various places…..Mako Mike’s…Sam and Omie’s….Barefoot Bernie’s…..and one night the boys grilled out a HUGE feast-kabobs, hot dogs, shrimp, hamburgers and corn!

One day it rained the entire day so we went out to Roanoke Island to the Aquarium. Thankfully we got there early and waited in line for about 2 minutes. When we left the line was HUGE! We saw the diver show where the diver is talking in a tank of sharks-the kids thought that was pretty cool. Travis’ favorite parts were the otters (they pooped-lol) and the person in the frog costume! It was a good rainy day activity for them. Then we stopped off in Manteo for lunch and to look at the boats. Travis had a fit because his grilled cheese had cheddar on it-gasp! We left with him screaming-sigh. I fixed him a correct grilled cheese when we got to the beach house and he ate it up! We also rode the go carts and the bumper cars. Travis squealed and laughed the entire time! He loved it! Next year he will be tall enough to drive the junior carts himself. On Friday am we took him to play putt putt at the Jurrasic Putt. He was really enjoying it! We didn’t keep score but he did pretty well for a little guy. He also enjoyed seeing all of the dinosaur statues and even posed with a few of them!

Overall the beach was a huge success! Can’t wait to go again very soon!

We got home on Saturday and dropped Travis off with my parents. We had tickets to the Improv to see Mitch Fatel with Tammy, Sean, Mandy and Charlie. Went to Tammy’s place to meet everyone for apps and drinks before hitting the metro. It was a lot of fun at the club…..both comics were very funny. After the show was over we wandered over to the “Lucky Bar”. Ironically my friend Kori was there with her husband Brendan. She lives in Richmond and we talk occasionally over email but it’s been years since we’ve seen each other. Small world! Then the entire bar went nuts to see Phelps win his last gold medal-a pretty surreal experience to be in a bar with everyone cheering for the Americans to win! Last but not least we stopped at the Cheesecake Factory by Tammy’s place for some to-go cheesecake. Yummy!

Sunday was quiet for the most part. We went to Maggianos for dinner…..to celebrate Tammy’s bday! Travis was so good for the 3 hours we were there-probably because of the Indiana Jones Legos! The food was great and hanging out with everyone is always a good time!