Oak Island 2009

Yes, we're back! What a great vacation. We all really needed to get away and to re-invigorate ourselves for daily life and routines. Oak Island is just lovely and still small on the commercial side. There are a few things to do, but not much...just the way I like it. They do have one miniature golf course for the kiddies and a movie theatre, but other than that the ocean is the premiere entertainment around.

We spent most of our time enjoying our ocean-front house and the beautiful view from the deck. Jackson was finally old enough to really figure out the boogie/skim boards and entertain himself and Jessie thankfully didn't shove handfuls of sand into her mouth. Right up until July 3rd the beach was pretty desolate and there were only 5-6 people at a time on the strand where we were. Nice!

Other than basking in the HOT sun and eating LOADS of icecream we did have one "educational" day in which we actually scheduled an event. We took the ferry to Ft. Fisher and thankfully the first leg of the trip was exciting and fun, because from there on out....pure misery. We landed on Ft. Fisher with throngs of people heading to the aquarium. The aquarium is really pretty cool except when a large group of sweaty europeans who do not believe in any antiperspirant keep crowding around every exhibit your children want to see. Ugg! We spent probably an hour in the aquarium when it should have taken double that to really see and appreciate all the exhibits. Oh well. By this time the temperature outside is nearing 98 and Jessie is MAD. She cries most of the way back to the ferry in which we must wait a mere 45 minutes to board. We finally get back to Southport and are able to enjoy more icecream and some cute shops. We really would have liked to explore Southport more, but it was just so hot! So no more educational, structured activities for this family while on vacation. Sheesh!

We ate good seafood, we slept many naps, we bought junky toys, we filled our bathing suits with lots of sand, we played many board games and watched silly movies while eating many, many bowls of icecream. Great fun but happy to be back home!