The Smiths: March 2012

Isle of Palm Beach & Fort Moultrie

After a lunch and a failed attempt to get Owen and Noah to nap we took the boys out to the beach. They loved the big waves that were coming in with a storm. Nikkia found a crab for the boys to look at and we hunted for shells for Ms. Amy (Owen and Noah's teacher at daycare). We came back to the house as the storm got closer and the boys played in the hammock and with magnetic lawn darts in the open area under the house. I like that we can be outside yet protected from the elements under the house. We changed out of our beach clothes and drove to Sullivan's Island about 5 miles away and went to Ft. Moultrie. We got our passports stamped and took a quick tour until we were hit with rain showers.

The boys in the ocean

Owen and Erik

The crab Nikkia found

Owen and I jumping in the waves

Noah and Owen playing on the hammock

Noah and Owen swinging in the hammock

Noah and O playing lawn darts

Fort Moultrie

Erik and Owen outside the Fort

Walking inside the batteries

Owen and I inside the Fort

Erik checking out the Fort

The boys looking at the cannons

Noah tried to scale the wall

Owen screaming "MY BALLS" as loud as he could while trying to lift them

Laughing after yelling out "MY BALLS"

Inside Fort Moultrie

Erik and O

Our Family

Another cannon

The guys checking out the barracks

Ammo

Part of the fort where a cannon hit it

South Carolina Aquarium

We went to the South Carolina Aquarium this morning. It took us a bit longer to get to the aquarium because the main bridge was closed for a bridge run. It was an amazing aquarium and super kid-friendly! Owen loved the "fishy zoo" so much. His favorite part was the large aquarium in the middle of the building.

View of the aquarium from the parking ramp

Owen with Erik and a bald eagle

Owen checking out a turtle

Owen watching the two otters chase each other

Owen with an albino alligator behind him

Noah and Owen

When we walked up we didn't even notice the turtle because it was hidden in the corner and looked liked a rock

The boys and the sea turtle

Owen's favorite part of the aquarium watching all the fish

Owen driving a boat

Owen and I playing in a boat

Owen yelling at the pelican calling it an Eagle

Nikkia and I fed the sting rays

Owen also fed the stingrays. They gave us shrimp and a stick to feed them with

Owen and Noah loved the hands on center where they could feel some of the sea life

Owen touching a sea urchin, a crab and a star fish

Owen with a bigger crab

The boys were watching the sting rays and horse shoe crabs

Owen feeling the horse shoe crab's legs

Owen

Noah

My family in front of the big aquarium

Owen watching the fish

Spring Break 2012: Charleston

3/30/12

After 15 hours in the car we made it to Charleston! We got settled into our rental (which is wonderful), and then we took the boys out to the ocean. As you can imagine they absolutely loved the water.