Wilmington

Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we took the boys to Wilmington, a popular beach city about and hour and a half away. They have a great Aquarium and Children's Museum that we took the boys to. Andrew and James had a great time looking at all the sea creatures and exploring all kinds of things at the Children's Museum.

Day one: North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

James checking out the fish. He wasn't scared at all, he would walk right up to the glass and peek in...Andrew was a bit more timid and liked to stand back.

Albino Alligator...it looks fake doesn't it?

James and the giant gator...they were both right up to the glass staring at each other

Almost looks like he is giving the gator a kiss

The beaches in North Carolina are notorious for breeding loggerhead sea turtles. Here is one of many that was born on the beach right outside the aquarium.

They had a giant 2 story fish tank, the boys loved to watch all the fish and sharks swim by

Octopus curled up and taking a nap

Jellyfish

Lobster anyone? He was HUGE!

NEMO!! The boys were so excited to see Nemo and Dory at the aquarium:)

This fish had a thing for Andrew and James he kept swimming back and fourth in front of them - showoff

He must of thought they looked quite tastey...

this is a perfect illustration of how the boys were - James: upfront against the glass to catch all the action. Andrew: standing back taking everything in.

On our way out they had a nature park and I saw this sign...it measures the water height of past hurricanes. the top sign in this picture says Hurricane Floyed 1999 10 feet of water.

this was the rest of the pole. The top sign says: Hurricane Hazel 1994. 17 feet under water - Unbelievable!

We stopped at the gift shop and let the boys pick out a souvenir. They each chose a turtle stuffed animal but their turtles look different.

James about 3.5 min after getting in the car - all tuckered out!