{1st Day of} 1st Grade!

We are officially a 1st grader today!  Happy 1st Day of 1st Grade Camden!!!  You are going to do great!

{Back To School} Dinner!

Last year we had a Back To School Dinner and it was so much fun!  This year we wanted to do something too!  Nothing big, just us four, but a good way to kick off the school year!!!

The kids made "Paper Clip Necklaces" or at least that's what the intention was.  Bexley made a bracelet and Camden made....handcuffs!

{Back To School} 2013-2014

I found a TON of back to school picture ideas and couldn't wait to try them out!  This is what I came up with once I started snappin'!  Looks like we may have to do this every year!

{It's Officially Countdown Time} School Year 2013-2014

The countdown has officially started in our house although I'm not wanting Summer to end (nor is Camden, but Bexley she cries when I tell her she doesn't get to go to school for 2 more weeks)!  Just a few more days!!!

{Meet The Teacher} 1st Grade ~ Camden!

We were so excited that we found out our teacher for 1st Grade!!!  We have heard so many good things about her and feel super fortunate to have her as our 1st Grade teacher!  Camden is beyond excited!  On his last day of Kindergarten, Ms. Rushin took the class to "tour 1st Grade" (isn't she awesome) and it just happen to be the teacher we got!  Camden has been talking about wanting this teacher all Summer!  YAY 1st Grade!

{Bexley} And Her Bestie!

There is no question that this little girl is Bexley's bestie!  We had her over today so they could play and it was the cutest thing (besides Bexley's 1st ballet class) I have ever seen!  In the 1st ten minutes they had changed costumes 3X, played chefs, thrown in a game of PRINCESS Candyland, and there might have been a dollhouse or two played with!  I loved every minute of it and wanted to join in!  

{Ocean Isle Beach} Final Day

Well we planned on spending the day here and leaving at sunset, but it's cloudy...again!  Good bye ocean front beach home...we enjoyed our days of sunshine and even our days with rain!

She dances in the waves....e v e r y t i m e!

On our last walk on the beach today we found our new sea slug friend, Snail-y!

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 6

Our last full day here and the forecast is calling for rain all day!  So we went into Myrtle and went to the Pirate's Voyage, arrrrgh!  Such a fun show, but what made it even better was that Camden was selected to participate as a pirate in the show!!!  He won his Jolly Roger for the Crimson Pirates and was giving a real pirate medallion!

Camden's Run to win for Team Crimson!!!

Receiving our medal and waving to the crowd!!!

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 5

Scott was gone in the morning for a work meeting back in Raleigh, so the kids and I went for a walk to the pier!  A little cloudy morning today so we took advantage of the beach until the rain forced us inside!  Rain, rain go away!

Drawing in the sand

Sand Mermaid Bexley!

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 4

Lots of playing on the beach today and a show at the Planetarium!  Oh and while on vacation,  I've been teaching Camden how to journal!  (A sneaky mom way to practice writing!)

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 3

We had a really full day!  I went shopping while Scott and the kids went into Myrtle Beach to MagiQwest.  We met up for lunch at one of our favs and then went out to the beach!  The fun really didn't begin until after sunset when we went on a late night walk on the beach.  We grabbed our flashlights and were off to hunt little ghost crabs!!!  We were sidetracked as 2 houses down baby sea turtles had just hatched and were making their way into the ocean for the 1st time!  It was so cute!!!  Defiantly a 1st for us in Ocean Isle Beach!  Once the turtles were off on their adventure we started ours!  So much fun and very, very rememberable!!!

Sea turtles!

Checking out the ghost crabs!

Looking at our sand castle we built earlier...in the dark!

Crab home!

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 2

It was a breakfast, beach, boogie board, lunch, beach, boogie board, dinner kind of day!  What a wonderful day!

Getting ready for some waves!

Boogie Boardin' Bexley!

Our home for the week!

{Ocean Isle Beach} Day 1

This is our view for the next 6 days!  Oceanfront...oh yeah!!!!  It's already one of our best trips to Ocean Isle Beach!

Our sweet Bexley playing in the water on our after-dinner/sunset walk!

And here is Camden on our walk collecting seashells!  "Look Mom, I've got a whole pocket full of shells!  I can make A LOT of friendship necklaces out of these!"