Our Getaway - Day 3

Two words.  Sun rise.  Went out to watch the sun rise Wednesday morning.  Thought it might be a bid disappointing since there were quite a few low-lying clouds.  Boy, was I wrong!

There were dolphins swimming in the distance!

God's beauty at its finest!

We drove up to Manteo to Roanoke Island Festival Park.  Princess Sparkle is learning about early settlements in America in history class right now.  She was excited when I told her we'd be going here on vacation.  (We will have 4 days of school in while while on vacation.  Two school days while traveling down and back and two days worth of field trips.  I call that a win / win!)

Queen Elizabeth II

In the bowels of the ship

Hollowing out a canoe

Searching for fossils

Squirrels like sour cream Pringles, Bugles and pretzels.  Who knew!?!

We stopped at the Christmas Mouse store while in Manteo.

Butterfly found her name on on the Nice List.

She also found Isabella's name -- believe it our not, Aunt Mel.

Camero, tractor, motorcycle and ATV ornaments -- not sure which was his favorite.

Sparkle doing her best owl impression.

 We also stopped at the dunes on the way back to our vacation house.  The kids loved running up and down them.  There were a lot more neat shells in this area too.

Sparkle's creation

Ended the day at the beach!