Back from OBX!
Oh what a time we had. Myles loves animals, and my aunt's and grandma's 2 dogs and 1 cat had him entertained all day long. The cat, Lucy, aka LuLu, and Myles even had an ongoing game of Cat-and-Baby where Myles was allowed to get thisclose to LuLu before she ran. Not away, mind you, but rather just a few feet away. They did this all over the house. He would get close enough to touch her and she would run a few steps ahead. LuLu is a little on the anti-social side, so this friendship was suprising.
As I said in my Blogcation post, it was going to be cold. There was even some blowing snow on Friday--not big flakes, but little dusty specs of snow. HOWEVER, we were at the BEACH and we had to brave the cold to get some pictures of Myles on the beach. This was taken with my phone. I got some really nice ones on the camera, but it's easier to get them on here from the phone.
Despite the cold, biting wind, we still couldn't get Myles off the beach. He kept walking around, kicking sand. It was still beautiful to me, though. If you are familiar with the Outer Banks, that is the Avalon Fishing Pier behind Myles.
And even with it so cold we all got to do some of our standard OBX things--Myles and I ate at the Black Pelican (if you are going and they still have the Black Bean and Corn raviolis on the menu, get it. Myles ate all mine), Meggie partied at Kwan's and Kelly's (Smelly's). Port-O'Call (Port-A-Potty) was closed.
Myles and I also got over to the Aquarium which he loved. The turtles were pretty active as were the otters when we were there. This prompted many squeals and giggles. Again, for those of you who go to the OBX, too, the Aquarium will have a tank of sea horses this summer. Also, if you are in the Roanoke Island area for vacation and it is raining or everyone is too sunburnt to go to the beach, the Aquarium is a great afternoon. They have some really great exhibits about the North Carolinian ecosystems, fresh-, brackish-, and sea-water.
We are fans of some of their special programs. Last summer Crispian and Myles and I attended one of their craft programs, Gyotaku. You really need to hear Crispian describe it to appreciate it, but I will do my best. Gyotoku is a Japanese print-making techinique that involves applying paint directly to a natural object (in this case fish) and transferring the image to paper or cloth. Crispian loves all things Japanese (one of his best friends is from Japan), and he loves sea creatures, so this was the perfect activity for him. The Aquarium recommended this program for ages 6 and up. I had expected there to be a ton of kids there, but when we went, Crispian and one other kid were the only ones there. All the other participants were adults. But, those of you who know me well know something of Crispian's personality because I talk about him a lot. When I was six, and in a room of adults, I would have been terrified to open my mouth. Crispian on the other hand has limitless courage in this respect (sometimes). To start the class the teacher wanted to review fish anatomy, and wouldn't you know that the only person in the class that knew what any of the fins were called and what they did was the little guy who wasn't even in kindergarten yet? Oh yeah, the teacher would ask the class what is this fin and Crispian's was the only hand up, the only one who knew any of the answers. I was completely amazed--some in that he knew it all (but kinda not totally since he does have a zoo membership) but more in that he was soooo comfortable around all those adults answering questions. I was so proud to be with him (when am I not?)
So anyway--we had fun, we are back to Pittsburgh, and we can't wait to go down again.
As I said in my Blogcation post, it was going to be cold. There was even some blowing snow on Friday--not big flakes, but little dusty specs of snow. HOWEVER, we were at the BEACH and we had to brave the cold to get some pictures of Myles on the beach. This was taken with my phone. I got some really nice ones on the camera, but it's easier to get them on here from the phone.
Despite the cold, biting wind, we still couldn't get Myles off the beach. He kept walking around, kicking sand. It was still beautiful to me, though. If you are familiar with the Outer Banks, that is the Avalon Fishing Pier behind Myles.
And even with it so cold we all got to do some of our standard OBX things--Myles and I ate at the Black Pelican (if you are going and they still have the Black Bean and Corn raviolis on the menu, get it. Myles ate all mine), Meggie partied at Kwan's and Kelly's (Smelly's). Port-O'Call (Port-A-Potty) was closed.
Myles and I also got over to the Aquarium which he loved. The turtles were pretty active as were the otters when we were there. This prompted many squeals and giggles. Again, for those of you who go to the OBX, too, the Aquarium will have a tank of sea horses this summer. Also, if you are in the Roanoke Island area for vacation and it is raining or everyone is too sunburnt to go to the beach, the Aquarium is a great afternoon. They have some really great exhibits about the North Carolinian ecosystems, fresh-, brackish-, and sea-water.
We are fans of some of their special programs. Last summer Crispian and Myles and I attended one of their craft programs, Gyotaku. You really need to hear Crispian describe it to appreciate it, but I will do my best. Gyotoku is a Japanese print-making techinique that involves applying paint directly to a natural object (in this case fish) and transferring the image to paper or cloth. Crispian loves all things Japanese (one of his best friends is from Japan), and he loves sea creatures, so this was the perfect activity for him. The Aquarium recommended this program for ages 6 and up. I had expected there to be a ton of kids there, but when we went, Crispian and one other kid were the only ones there. All the other participants were adults. But, those of you who know me well know something of Crispian's personality because I talk about him a lot. When I was six, and in a room of adults, I would have been terrified to open my mouth. Crispian on the other hand has limitless courage in this respect (sometimes). To start the class the teacher wanted to review fish anatomy, and wouldn't you know that the only person in the class that knew what any of the fins were called and what they did was the little guy who wasn't even in kindergarten yet? Oh yeah, the teacher would ask the class what is this fin and Crispian's was the only hand up, the only one who knew any of the answers. I was completely amazed--some in that he knew it all (but kinda not totally since he does have a zoo membership) but more in that he was soooo comfortable around all those adults answering questions. I was so proud to be with him (when am I not?)
So anyway--we had fun, we are back to Pittsburgh, and we can't wait to go down again.
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