Sandcastles

While we were down in North Carolina, we did get a couple days at the beach. These girls did not care one bit that it was April. They went straight in the water! They would play a little bit and then ask for their coverup and then head right back out in the water.

This little one thought big seashells were fascinating to hold

She even enjoyed breakfast on the beach one morning and then was completely worn out from all the excitement.

 
 We did some looking for shells and sharks teeth too and actually found quite a few for April.
 
 
As the big girls are getting older, they are getting more interested in building sandcastles when we are at the beach. That is something I have always loved at the beach also so we had fun with building for the little while we were at the beach. When I was little we always went down to Topsail and it was really neat to watch my girls build sandcastles about 30 feet from where I built them as a child and to build with my own girls now!!

Here are some of their castles.

We built one very large castle...well, actually, they each had a castle side by side that was connected by a road they decided. Here they are working on their castles

Here is the finished big castle. We had so much fun working on this together!

These sisters had a fun time at the beach together. The picture on the left was this past week and the picture of the right was Bethany in the same onesie the last time we were at the beach in September. Amazing how fast they grow!
The one other thing they asked if we could do was go to the Fort Fisher Aquarium while we were down there. So we headed there for just a few hours one afternoon. This is one of their favorite things we do when we are down this way, and they had something new at the aquarium. The lorikeet exhibit had just opened this month. Lorikeets basically look like very small and very very colorful (and loud) parrots.

Bekah wanted to feed them the nectar on the ground but they would crawl up on your arm or shoulder if you stood with the nectar, as you can see with Rachel here.

As you can see Bethany was enthralled by them, though she didn't like it as much when they screeched!
 
Nana had sent the girls a little Easter treat in their cards so they were able to take their Easter money and each get a small stuffed animal and a book at the aquarium. They were thrilled about this! Thanks, Nana!
We rode the ferry since we were down by Fort Fisher, though the rain was moving in by then, the girls still had fun.

We enjoyed our little bit of beach time while we were down in NC!