is it just me....or is that a big fish

TGI-Labor day.....that was our theme this weekend.

We headed for the coast to the Holland farm right after work......let me tell you- BIG MISTAKE.

4+hours in the car later we made it to onslow.

It only took 145 minutes to get to smithfield, a 30 min drive normally. By then baby mama and baby were both hungry, my butt was asleep, and lets just say we werent singing beach music.

But we are all troopers and we pushed on....THANK YOU DRILL SARGEANT

so we made it to the house. fortunately aunt pam had the light on for us. It was eerie quiet. Except for the carcasses of a few "water bugs" the house was in good shape, mom and others were quite busy getting things left for the fam to use the house as a reststop.

We got boy down at his normal bedtime and collapsed soon after. Minus the scrunchy mattress sounds, grandma had a thing about matress wraps i guess, it was a well deserved rest.

Saturday brought weed wacking, snake grabbing, and a side of ripping vines off the house. After that, we left the remaining army of workers to the other yard task and

headed for the beach.

for those unfamiliar with the Emerald Isle area, it was living well up to its name. the water was beautiful emerald green, nice and warm, and minus the tattooed women and hairy earing men, it was very relaxing. Silas enjoyed 1o mins in the water and sand (we forgot his sun lotion)

to make up for it, we then took him to the aquarium at pine knoll shores. I know some folks out here might think he is still a little young for things like that, but man he LOVED watching the sharks and tuna in the tank. Definitely puts it in perspective to see how big he is, yet small compared to a 10 ft shark.

after that, we had dairy queen, and silas made us a special treat of his own. Lets just say lil swimmers are not all that good at keeping water in.......

silas got to enjoy ice cream, banana pudding and even some bacon juice, not that i know where he got that from....

it was a good weekend all in all.