Simon was super excited to carve into his pumpkin this evening. Unfortunately, since we bought them so long ago, they were already getting moldy and had a few soft spots.
I wish I took video of the relish and joy Simon had while stabbing into his. They both did their pumpkins almost entirely on their own. I'm not sure why we don't have more pictures of Alice. I must have been in a bad mood or busy or something.
We finally broke down and got a new fridge. The door on the old one was always problematic, but had recently gotten worse and now wasn't closing properly. We'd been meaning to buy a new fridge for a long time, but always had trouble finding one we liked that would fit in this space and still be as big as our old one. So we did the best we could. The new one has far less room inside, so we're also getting a garage fridge now, because we have no way of coping with a birthday cake or watermelon or frozen turkey with this new, smaller one. It has an ice-maker though.
After checking out of our condo, we headed to Carolina Beach State Park on our way out of town. It was freezing cold at first, with strong winds cancelling out any warmth from the sun. Simon walked in the water of course, and then complained about being cold and demanded we leave right away. We made him stay, as the tide was going out and we knew it would be super fun to walk around the sand bar and hunt blue crabs like we did last year. So we persevered, and had a good time eventually in this most beautiful spot.
We got very lucky with our beach trip this year. We went in mid-October (my fall break) but the weather was quite warm and lovely. I was actually too hot most of the time. We stayed in a condo on Kure Beach and did all the usual things: fishing, swimming, boogie boarding, digging in the sand, chasing crabs...well, that's what everyone else did anyway. I mostly just sat around watching or reading. I don't know how to have fun myself, but I do enjoy watching other people have fun.
It rained A LOT in the early hours of Saturday morning. We've had such a dry summer and then it rained so much all at once that it actually flooded our back yard and went over the spillway at the end of our pond and into the park. It was very exciting. I had to go to school as a volunteer for the flu shot clinic, but I was quickly able to get out and explore a bit with the kids before I left. Later, Zac found a high water mark on our firepit another foot above this, so we actually slept through the worst of it. It went down pretty quickly and was normal level a couple of hours later.
We took a family trip to the Bobbit Hole part of Eno river, because it was such a beautiful day. The kids always like to play in this same place. Luckily, it wasn't very crowded. Simon fished and kayaked a bit. Alice wandered around, and then we read in the hammocks while eating lots of snacks. It was a gorgeous day.
