After Victory » Outdoors

Outside

Patrick — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:34:37 +0000

We had some really nice weather last month. Ted and I played a little baseball in the side yard.

Ted also is enjoying his new(to-him) play structure in our back yard. He really enjoys it, and enjoys convincing his parents to go down the slide.

Leaves!

Patrick — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:45:43 +0000

This Bear

Patrick — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:39:03 +0000

So we met this bear near the top of Mt. Mitchell…

Close to the sky

Patrick — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:26:46 +0000

Pics from our trip up Mt. Mitchell.

Ted with his Aunt Deirdre checking out the view.

Ted was very happy to be there. It was a great view of the mountains in western North Carolina.

First Campout

Patrick — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:53:01 +0000

Ted got to go on his first overnight camp out while we were up north, with cousin Jack, Auntie Kim and Auntie Anne, Uncle Josh and Auntie Kristen, and Grammie, too. There was minimal sleeping in the toddler tent, but we had lots of fun.

First s’more! (Thanks for the pics, Auntie Kristen!)

Where? Right There.

Patrick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:26 +0000

Some day he’ll be a forest ranger.

Across The State

Patrick — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:54:08 +0000

We had a visitor last week from Forks of Ivy. Aunt Deirdre drove near clear across the state to visit us, dodging treacherous rock slides along the way.

We went to downtown Raleigh, Trader Joe’s, and Hemlock Bluffs state park for a hike. She treated us to supper at The Remedy Diner in downtown Raleigh, which was very tasty. Lots of fun!

Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, enjoying the free wifi now offered.

Ted’s first walking-almost-the-whole-way hike, over a mile!

Leaves – the fascination is real.

Photos

Patrick — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:28:15 +0000

From a few weekends ago.

Museum of Life and Science

Katherine — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:40:02 +0000

Visiting the cow, goats, donkey, turkey, and more at the farm yard.

Playing music at Loblolly Park.

They had all kinds of drums and bells for Ted to play.

My favorite part of the museum was the Magic Wings Butterfly House.

Ted enjoyed the Gentle Zone of the Play to Learn part of the museum. They had a section just for kids his age to run free and play with all kinds of age appropriate toys and a little house with stairs and a slide just his size. His favorite part was a ball track on the wall, where he was figuring out gravity.

Road Trip

Patrick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:34 +0000

Last weekend we packed up the car and headed out west to visit our aunts. They live in western NC and run the Forks of Ivy blog. They just built a new house with a great view of the surrounding area. It was nice to get away from suburbia for a few days, and nice to see our now in-state family!

Ted had a great time – he enjoyed running around and dancing and hanging with his fam.

We went for a short hike on the Blue Ridge Parkway, too.

And there were pancakes! Delicous fresh pancakes that Ted gobbled right up. Ted prefers locally ground pancake-mix we think. He was very well behaved the entire weekend.

Can’t wait for our next trip out there!