It Was a Bust

Normally our outings with the kids go well but sometimes it all falls apart. Saturday morning started out well enough. We started the day by watching the sun rise over the ocean.

We had the best donuts I have ever eaten - Duck Donuts. The donuts were freshly prepared and still warm when we ate them. We chose the maple, strawberry, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate coatings. We took them back to the house to share them with the other early risers.
The kids got to watch the donuts being iced.
Everything fell apart when we went to the Cape Hatteras Light House. We were a little foolish. We knew the height requirement was 42 inches but we weren't sure if they strictly enforced it or not. They do!

Lydia cried because she couldn't go up with Daddy. She cried and whined the entire time they were up there. She handled not being able to ride certain rides at Disney just fine but Saturday she had a complete melt down.

I had Josiah in the front carrier and they wouldn't let me go up either. I did argue just a little bit with the girl at the ticket counter. Chris pointed out that we need to teach our kids that rules exist for reasons (and he didn't mean to be broken) and that we should obey the rules.

We also discovered that I had left the memory card for the SLR camera in my laptop. That is the first time I have done that. Right when I was starting to feel really bad for leaving it in the computer, Chris saved the day! He had a backup memory card tucked away in the camera bag! He is always taking care of things like that! He is my knight in khaki shorts and a t-shirt!

Chris said Wesley a little scared climbing up.
It was a beautiful day.
There is Lydia sucking her fingers.
I took a picture of Chris and Wesley with the little camera. You can barely see them. The keeper's house had a lot of neat historical artifacts. I learned that during the spring of 1942, German U-boats sank a ship a day.
Chris said that Wesley wasn't scared at all when walking down.
This is a great shot of the lighthouse and you can just barely see the dust spec on the camera lens.
Thankfully, the rest of the weekend went great!