Transferred from my other blog: The Adventures of Sisterhood.
First published: 7-9-12 at 1:34 PM EDT
family went to visit the Outer Banks of North Carolina this past
week. Kylie definitely had lots of fun. We left on Saturday, June 30th.
On Sunday, we went to a pier in Nags Head just to sight see and the
rickety old bridge was ridiculously windy.
The next
day, we loaded up in our family SUV and drove two hours to Corolla,
which is basically Virginia except not quite. Once in Corolla, we tied
Kylie's carseat, facing forward instead of backwards, in a Hummer/Jeep
thing. We were in the vehicle for two hours around the beaches of the
Virginia/NC state line and saw 17 wild horses. Kylie slept through the
first seven, but for all the ones she was awake for, she watched
intently and waved good-bye sadly when it was time to drive on.
On
Tuesday, we drove to Roanoke Island. We visited a beautiful
European-style garden, and Kylie saw butterflies. Afterwards, we went to
the Outer Banks NC Aquarium (North Carolina has like three different
aquariums). Kylie learned to say "turtle" and "otter." I think she
already knew turtle and fish, but she kept calling the otters cats.
Later this day, we climbed the sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge State Park
and saw both the great Atlantic Ocean and the Sound from the same point.
Wednesday was Independence Day, so we went and saw
fireworks, of course. Unlike last year, where Kylie cowered on daddy's
shoulder, she sat on his lap and watched intently. Thursday, we fed
birds, and Friday, as a family, we visited a lighthouse. Dad and I
climbed the lighthouse and rode horses on Friday, but Kylie was too
young to join us on either.
Saturday, we arrived home.
Kylie is like three shades tanner, and her carseat now faces forwards in
the car. She has a blue pail and a yellow shovel and really enjoyed
playing with sand. She even learned how to say sand in Chinese, and how
to say "big ocean" in Chinese.
