2 Ans – Part 2

In addition to the ton of stuff she already received for her birthday the previous weekend, we had planned to take her for a long weekend to the beach in Wilmington, NC. And what a trip it was! It couldn’t have been any better. The hotel was awesome (8th floor, 2 pools, the beach next door) the sun was out everyday and the ocean was actually warm. Olivia didn’t like the beach much. She was scared of the waves. But she was fine playing in the sand with seashells.

The hotel had 2 pools. One heated inside pool and one outside by the beach. No wave there! So we got the boats out and splashed all day.

To top it all, there was a fair right next to the hotel. Olivia saw it the minute we walked in the hotel and asked to ride a little train. We waited for the next evening and rode the train, planes, horses, pigs, deers and chickens until we ran out of tickets.

Finally, after checking out and before hitting the road back home, we stopped at the aquarium to see sharks, turtles and exotic fish. Olivia left with 2 plush seahorses and a snake bracelet and Noelle and I with loads of pictures, 2 bags of sands(!) and plenty of good memories. We’ll be back next year!

2 Ans – Part 1

I’m not sure there’s a child more spoiled than our little one. Though I’m sure all parents say that. Nevertheless, Olivia got spoiled for her 2nd birthday and it wasn’t even quite her birthday yet. Since a big chunk of the family was gathered at Noelle’s parents, we decided to jump the gun and celebrate early. There were chocolate cupcakes with a candle each, funny pointy hats, confettis of many colors, balloons shaped like cakes and butterflies, a mountain of presents and a bunch of cameras all pointing in the same direction, the star of the show: Miss Olivia aka “Birthday Girl”.

Fun at Tweetsie Railroad

All winter we’ve been telling Olivia that as soon as the weather gets better we’ll take her to a great amusement park in Boone called Tweetsie Railroad. Tweetsie differs from other theme parks because first, the majority of the rides are for young children, but also because it has an old steam-engine train going around the park. And Olivia loves train stuff. The good folks at Frogman Interactive not only gave me an extra day off, but they also paid for the tickets . Despite the rain after noon, it was an awesome trip filled with train rides, cowboys and Indians, cheese mines, boats, planes and goats to pet.