Opening Day Baseball/Softball

In the spring, if you ever need to find me, the best place to look is at the ballfield. It is tiring and exhausting at times, but worth every moment to see these two play ball. Opening ceremonies this year happened to be after a few days of torrential rains and we weren't even sure the fields would be playable. But with a little sunshine and hard work, Tiger Point made it happen.

Cutter's team had to be there super early for team pictures before the games started.

Kazoo even made an appearance.

Every kid and every team paraded through the park.

  Cutter volunteered to play catcher. I was concerned how he would do, but so far he seems to really enjoy it. He's even gotten the hang of getting all his gear on and off all by himself.

  Cutter at bat.

Sailor at bat.

Cutters team got their first win of the season and their coach treated each of them to a snow cone.

Movie time

I usually try to take the kids to see at least one movie while we are in NC. Not because they are better, but because they are SO much cheaper. The theater in Elizabeth City certainly isn't the top of the line, but it cost half the price of admission versus what we normally pay. With three kids, that adds up pretty quickly. We went to see Zootopia while there and everyone was quite excited. I normally do not take pictures when we go to see a movie, but at the time we were the only ones in the theater. Seriously. By the time the movie started, there were only about four more people there besides us. The kids thought it was pretty great that we basically got a private screening.

The whole theater to ourselves.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

One of the only requests during our trip was from Cutter, he wanted to climb a lighthouse. We climbed Cape Hatteras a few summers ago and that particular lighthouse has a height requirement and he was not able to climb. He figured since he was older and taller he should be good to go. We found out that Currituck does not have a height requirement so it wouldn't have mattered anyhow. The kids really enjoyed reading and learning about the history of the lighthouse and especially loved that we had family that had lived here at one point in time.

 

Sailor decided she didn't want to make the climb so it was just the boys and me.

Always an amazing view from the top.

Cutter loved the climb, but did not like the 30mph winds that were blowing at the top. He also didn't want to get too close to the edge, which is obvious by his face.

We did it!

  Still a little chilly out but it turned into a beautiful day.

Wild Horse Adventure Tours

Since we were planning a trip to NC for spring break, and the kids don't often find visiting family the most exciting thing to do, I was determined to find something "fun" to do while there. While researching for some things we've never done, I came across the wild horse tour. The kids have never been for a ride on the beach and certainly never seen wild horses. Little did I know when I booked this trip that it would be freezing cold temperatures and rainy. Seriously.

You have know idea the relief I felt when we pulled up and the tops were on the trucks.

Cutter was so excited to drive on the beach.

Cold, rainy and super windy too. Lovely.

  We did get a beautiful tour of the northern outer banks. I had no clue how many people lived off the paved roads.

Halfway through the tour the sun finally tried to appear. And sadly, this was the only horse to be seen.

The tour guide said due to the weather they had not seen any horses in several days, we were lucky to see him.

We may have only seen one horse, but we all enjoyed the tour and I would definitely recommend it. Perhaps just on a warmer day.

Birthday Fishing

The only request Cutter had for his birthday this year was to go fishing. So the weekend before his birthday Hank took him over to the beach. The gulf side was a little too rough for fishing so they went back over to the sound side. As you can see, it was a perfect day other than not catching anything.

I think he has the hang of it. He sits back with a snack and a drink.

His proud find of the day, a hermet crab. Thankfully, he returned him back to the water.

Pensacola Ice Flyers

Our fabulous neighbors gave us tickets to an Ice Flyers game recently. Hank had been one time before and taken Sailor, but Tucker had strep throat at the time and the rest of us had to stay home. I was so excited to finally get to go. How have I never been to a hockey game before?! They are so exciting and fun! Seriously. If you have never been, you have to go.

As you can tell by the stands, we got there a little early. By the time the game started, the place was full.

The mascot.

 

Little bit of blue cotton candy leftovers.

The slamming into the wall and the fights were pretty great.

This kid and his cotton candy. It looks like he ate a smurf.