NC Aquarium at Kure Beach

Nathan wanted to get away, so we did a spur-of-the-moment trip to Wilmington. We planned to visit the NC Aquarium, play on the beach for a while, and then visit a Civil War-era fort. The night before David woke up with a fever and complaining that his tummy hurt. We still headed out and did the aquarium, but he was so miserable on the beach that we cut that short, skipped the fort which turned out to just be a small museum anyway, and headed home. It was a little shorter than we'd planned, but we still had fun!

Some vague number of years ago I started a tradition of dipping my toes (or fingers) into the ocean when I went to the coast. I think it was around the time we got married and I loved that we were from opposite coasts. Anyway, so this trip I packed Daniel on my hip and trekked down to the water for my traditional wade. I thought Daniel might like to get his feet wet too, but it didn't go over so well. He fussed and complained as soon as the water touched his feet, and I don't think he liked the sensation of the sand rushing out from under his feet, either. I picked him up again quickly, but not before he had big globs of wet sand stuck all over his toes. So, I dipped him in again to rinse them off. He really didn't like that! I guess I can't blame him. The water wasn't the warmest I've felt in the Atlantic. After that he seemed quite content to sit on a towel far away from the water and brush sand off his hands.