Wilmington, North Carolina

The weekend get-away was great, except that it wasn't a getaway at all. The 6.5 hours drive took 10 hours each way with the kids, and the return as usual was way too tiring after being in the heat earlier in the day.


We went to Wrightsville beach in the morning, but unfortunately Sudha totally freaked out seeing the waves and refused to step into the water. She was instead playing in the sand while Brinda chilled in the shade (we didn't have a beach umbrella and used a large normal one instead)



She finally ventured out to where the sand was wet to build little mounds with Daddy.

I had my swimsuit with me, but in a rare moment of listening to Guru, I didn't wear it. Immediately after this shot was taken, I was soaked by the wave behind.

The CAMP get-together!! 8 adults and 12 kids made it so .. umm... interesting. I am sure the waitresses at the Pizza place were glad to see us all go.



The babywearing mamas - except Kandee's sling is so much more gorgeous than my Ergo.


For some reason, Sudha talks more easily with older kids than kids her age. And Skylar is one of her favourites. He was so sweet to gift the little froggie to Sudha. She named the froggie "Scooter" coz thats what she was calling Skylar initially before she realized his correct name.

One final picture before the cranky kids got us scrambling (it was 11.15pm).

We went to watch the sunrise at the beach. Although clouds obscured our view, it was a beautiful morning.



On the way back, we stopped at Battleship North Carolina, a WWII ship. We couldn't explore as much as we'd have liked since Sudha was on the verge of a meltdown and she did not like the claustrophobic interiors. And I can't blame her since a wave of claustrophobia hit me when I saw the sleeping arragements.