Morning walks--before the Bu-Bentures

 I love to go out in the mornings before we take on whatever adventure will take place that day. (Or Bu-Benture, according to the kids and Papa :))
 It's quiet.

 The sun is beautiful as it rises.  The sound of the ocean is peaceful.

The kids are happy, but we don't have to constantly worry and check where they are in the water

Hunting for shells is much easier in the low tides and without the crowds swimming around you.

It's also the perfect time to discover birds and observe their tracks 

(Coleson was determined to see which birds made each type of track--which worked out perfectly for his school project for the day--the were excused from school as long as they kept a journal of all that they learned)

Evaleigh LOVES to follow Coleson, ALL the time, no matter what he is doing; she adores him!
So her little foot tracks were getting mixed up in all of the bird tracks...

 Our adventure the first day was Beaufort, NC--where Blackbeard's ship sunk.  There's a museum devoted to pirates there.

 This man taught ALL about shark teeth...and then taught some more...and some more...the kids actually stayed incredibly interested for most of that time--the adults got antsy a bit more quickly and wanted to explore the rest of the museum.  I think he LOVED having a captive audience for once.

Arrrrg! 

 This little man was pretty thrilled to be learning! And a day devoted to pirates was awesome!

 Evaleigh wanted her own clipboard and learning diagram...she thinks she's big.
After all of that learning we went to lunch---where the menu had even more information about Blackbeard, as well as some very yummy food!
And then we headed back to the house so we could get back out on the beach!