Fall Break

Caroline's favorite thing to do at Great Wolf Lodge, look at her go...Leaving Great Wolf Lodge..

All three can ride together

The boys riding the bumper cars

The girls riding the airplanes

The carousel

Goofing off

Claire's wildest dreams come true..

The girls with Aunt Steph

Ready to go to Busch Gardens

We decided to make a quick trip to Va for fall break. We made our yearly visit to the Busch Gardens Hallowscream event. The crowd was minimal and the weather was great. They have opened Elmo Land which Claire loved. She kept talking about "Elmo's house" all day. That night the park came alive with haunted houses and monsters who would jump out and scare the kids. Caroline was giddy with excitement over the scares, Jack not so much! We also surprised the kids with a night at Great Wolf Lodge. Since Va schools don't have a fall break, there was hardly anyone there. It was great, Jack and Caroline rode the waterslides over and over, no lines at all. Chris also seemed to enjoy the slides as much as they did! We also spent two nights with Steph and Frank, it was great to hang out with them, thanks so much for being such great hosts to us! We can't wait to have them visit Beaufort and pamper them. We were able to steal a peek at the new Thompson baby girl who is perfect and healthy and see Bob and Joy for a quick lunch as well!

Little Pumpkin

Here are recent pics of Claire I thought were cute. She is getting so big so fast!

Beaufort Shrimp Festival

Look at those live shrimp!

Jack steering the shrimp boat

One of the many beautiful mansions in Beaufort

Getting ready to bowl..

We had a great Saturday which started with Jack's soccer game. He scored two goals, we were so proud of him! Afterwards, Jack had a bowling birthday party so we reserved a lane to bowl as well. To end the day, we drove downtown and walked around at the Beaufort Shrimp Festival.

Jack turns 6!

Jack turned 6 on Sept. 22 and we had a party at our neighborhood pool to celebrate. The club house catered the party with hot dogs and chicken fingers and I brought cup cakes. Seventeen of his neighbors and friends came and he had a great time. I was worried about his party since we just moved but Jack has made friends very quickly. It looked like Christmas around our house for days, he got so many nice presents. The weather had called for complete cloud cover and thunderstorms. We almost decided to cancel but the clouds cleared and the sun started shining. A great day for a great kid, I can't believe my precious baby boy is six years old! Happy birthday Jack!

Soccer days..

Jack has been playing soccer for the ymca this year, we watch his games on Saturday mornings.

Hunting Island Beach

Hunting Island Beach is on St Helena Island which is 10 miles from our home in Beaufort.

Claire goes to preschool!

I'm not sure about this!

Five minutes later she is playing away...

Claire started a two morning a week preschool program for two year olds. Here she is on her first day!