Beach Week continued...

Monday, Sept 5:
Whole lotta hanging out doing a bunch of nothing! The boys, at one point, did decide that they simply MUST check out the Brew Thru after Jim noticed a Hooteresque Brew Thru chick in the tourist guide. So, they all piled into the Town and Country VAN (aka "ChickMagnet") to cruise the scene.
What did they find? Logo merchandise and, uh.. BEER. Oh yeah, and some lovely orthodonture work for Jim (yep, that's the man she's going to marry)!

Tuesday, Sept 6:
Tuesday was slightly more active! James, Mommy, and Daddy headed off to Roanoke Island to take James to see the fishies at the aquarium (which ROCKED, although was somewhat pricey). There are several pics in the photo album. Basically, you start out in this cool atrium-type of dealio with lots of tanks, and it feels kinda rainforesty. Then you get into the indoorsy stuff, touchtank, and then the big guns like the sharks. For those of you who've never touched a ray, "ew". They're all soft and feel like they should be slimey *because* they're so soft but they really aren't. What's cool is that they are very friendly, and they LIKE to be petted! They will come up to you and FLAP THEIR WINGS to try to get your attention! Kinda neat. The guide guy at the tank told us they'll sit there and let him pet them for 15-20 mins at a time! Once you're done w/ indoor stuff, they have a fossil pit outside full of, well, a bunch of rocks and mess that they've dredged up off of the ocean or sound floor. It's also got some coral, shells, shark's teeth, and kids (and adults) can pick through this and find cool stuff. We found some coral and shark's teeth, and very dirty feet!
After this, we headed to Kill Devil's for frozen custard! James LOO-OO-OOOVEd it. The stinker kept grabbing Sterling's spoon (I had a shake) to help himself when Sterling took too long! Once they finished theirs, James was not content, so I gave him some of my shake and he wouldn't give it back! At that point, we grabbed a little kiddy cup and I doled out some of mine, and that's what he's holding (with a big ol' custard-eatin' grin) in one of the photo album pics.