Little cloudy and chilly on Wednesday, so we ventured over to Roanake Island for the aquarium. It was free to us, since we are members of the KC Zoo and they have a repriocal agreement with other zoo's. It was small and very crowded, but nice nonetheless. They had sharks at this aquarium, which Macy very excited. The girls also liked the alligators. Here's the girls at the entrance.
Riding an alligator and growling...
Waiting for a stingray to get close enough to touch...
Touching a starfish "gently with two fingers"...
Digging for shark teeth at the exit. Each child found a shark tooth, with the help of the dad's.
Next we went to the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. You may remember that story from history--117 explorers were the first to land in the New World in about 1585, and they all died. No one knows what happened to them. (An aside: Virginia Dare was the first child born in the New World from this group, and our street is named Virginia Dare Trail!) There isn't much left from this colony, but where they landed and lived has been turned into a national park. Here's an earthen fort left over from their time. There were signs all over to please not climb on the fragile earth.
Walking on the nature trail...
Looking at the Roanoke Sound, at the spot where more than likely the ship arrived with the explorers. Sand was wonderfully soft here.
Climbing a tree...
After our history lesson for the day, we headed back. It was finally warm enough to get in the water, and the girls and Bobby had a water gun fight. Charlie's Angels!
The girls in their fort...
Each side in their own fort, shooting across the sand...
Blowing bubbles on the deck...thanks, Uncle Rod!
She felt like she needed a life jacket for some reason...wore it for about three minutes, then took it off. I love this picture, and the funny thing is, I couldn't see what i was taking a picture of!
Girls in the water...
Burying Kaylin in the sand...
Me and my brother, Rod
We saw this crab scurrying along the beach one night on our walk. Cute little guy; ran along with the kids for a while.
That was our Wednesday and Thursday...aquarium, history lesson, and plenty of beach time playing in the water and building sand castles.
Right now I am downloading 360 pictures from our family photo shoot tonight that my sister-in-law Julie did for us. It was fun!!
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