SkyPark Adventures!

Tag: 2017

  • Halloween 2017

    Skylar brought her friend Emma with us trick or treating.  We enjoyed a pot luck with the neighborhood next door and then ventured out into the night with the ghosts and globins (or Darth Vaders, princesses, and autobots as the case may be).  

    I think we failed the kids this year in some regard, because it took a lot of coaxing from mom and dad to get them to leave one house and move on to the next.  Note to self – kids don’t naturally know how Halloween works.  In prior years we have moved as a large group, but the turnout was so large this year (almost 30 kids), that when the bell rang to initiate the procession of trick-or-treating we found ourselves without a group.

    Regardless, collecting candy from awaiting households is always fun!

     

     

  • Family Camp

    This year we attend family camp at the end of summer instead of the beginning. Skylar and Parker had tons of fun and lots of mom and dad time. Parker even tried out his first ‘thrill’ experience – going up to the first platform on the tower of fear, and daring to free fall with the gaint swing.

    Skylar continued her independence and went up the zip line (over 80 feet high) all by herself while Parker and I were practicing archery! But the best time was at the bay. Sunday, we hit low tide at the perfect point and had a nice breeze to whip up some waves. We kayaked out about 200 feet from shore and found ourselves beached, ankle deep on a sand bar.

    Other families were parked there and the kids had fun fighting the waves. On our way home we stopped by a giant pumpkin farm. What do they feed those things?!?!

  • Outer Banks 2017

    We traveled with the Sanglier’s to the Outer Banks for our 2017 beach trip.  The kids had fun trying out surfing (ok, dad hang 10’d the most since it was a cold-water day), riding bikes along our community, bumper cars, putt-putt golfing, eating ice cream, and playing on the beach.  

    Jockey’s Ridge was awesome, although it felt smaller and I confirmed that the dunes have fallen from 140 feet to 90 feet over the last 10 years.  Enjoy it while you can – mother nature may reclaim that area!  On the way back we stopped in Lexington for a couple days for the 4th.