A weekend of fun

This past weekend, we went to Wilmington for the weekend. We had not been there since our beach week back in the beginning of August. We decided to go because Daddy was heading there to fish with Uncle Jeremy who was camping there about 5 miles from Nanny. Since we were going to be either home alone or there with Nanny & Daddy, it was a no brainer. We headed out at 9pm (yep you read that right, 9pm) Friday night after attending a friend's wedding in Raleigh. Daddy fished in the terrible rain all day saturday & then again most of the day Sunday & spent the evenings with us. While he was out, the plan was for Nanny to make halloween costumes for the kids but that plan changed once we realized that nothing was all that tempting in the pattern books. So i decided to dress them in things we have at home & save the money to use on other shopping expeditions while we were there. The kids were great all weekend as Nanny drove us around since we were left without a vehicle! Thank goodness Nanny already had carseats, since Daddy had to pull the boat & take his truck. This is a synopsis of what we did:

First things first- we hit mommy's favorite local restaurant- J. Michael's Philly Deli. The boys enjoyed the water fountain out front (even though it was raining!)

Then we went next door to the Learning Express & i got the boys these ADORABLE buckets for trick or treating: Then, since we were already on that side of town, Nanny suggested we go to a place called "Old Time Pottery." I had never been here (or heard of it) & we ended up spending 3 HOURS in here & way to much money. But the kids were very patient....

Eli zonked out about halfway through the store & so nanny got a pillow & rug from the houseware dept & we made a little makeshift bed!
It must have been cozy because he slept for about an hour and a half!
Jackson decided to smell the artificial flowers & told us they smelled SOOOOO good!

This was about when his patience was wearing thin...he had just said, "I'm weady to doe" (i'm ready to go)

Back at Nanny's, the boys discovered a poor unsuspecting lizard on the broom stick... it was cute to see them try to touch it. Sunday morning, we headed to church....The boys got a little energy out in the church yard before heading to lunch.We met up with Marie & Kaleb for lunch since they were on their own also, since Jeremy was fishing with Randy. We went to Michealangelo's Pizza where the kids ate an entire slice of pizza a peice. Seriously, i wish i had taken a picture of these slices.... they literally had to use 2 plates to hold them because they are so long! I am such a glutton, i had two! Gasp! But in my defense, they were thin crust! We spent the rest of the day in Pottery Plus & Space Savers stores looking for more deals. By the time we got back to Nanny's, we were pooped! Then we had to drive home! We didn't make it back to our house until around 9:30pm! What a weekend!