HH - day 3 - a day at the stables

Saturday morning we made a stop at our annual community garage sale.  My mom enjoys going here but I'm not usually too keen on the whole thing.  It's a huge garage sale, but I think we just don't get out there early enough.

We then headed out to the Sea Pines Resort area, which you have to pay $5 to enter for the day.  We went to Lawton Stables to see what all they had to offer.  There was a a petting zoo and pony rides, so the boys were pretty excited.

This was a roaming free deer and the boys just wanted to walk beside it.  They thought it was pretty cool.

Pony ride time

Trevor thought he was such a big boy to ride the pony.  The girl wanted me to walk around with him just in case he wanted to get off or started moving - this boy didn't move and LOVED it.

So cute in his helment

Since we had bought the pass to enter this part of the island, I figured why not go back there for dinner.  We ate at Salty Dog Cafe which was right on the marina and they had live music playing outside and of course a bouncy house for the kids - AFTER dinner.  I don't think my kids will ever get bored with a bounce house.

It was a great way to end our little vacation.  We couldn't have asked for better weather while we were there - 70's and bright sun and about 50's at night.  Now Jason said his golf game could have been a little better, but he had fun.

HH - Our biking adventure

One of the things Hilton Head is known for is their bike paths - they are EVERYWHERE.  I biked with Brody 4 years ago, but haven't since then so that was one thing I wanted to do this year.  Our condo actually had 5 bikes included which I thought was a great idea.  Well, on Friday afternoon after Jason played golf we headed out to ride bikes.

We knew we were going to have rent Brody a bike with training wheels and Jason one that included a seat for Trevor.  We thought we could just use the ones from the condo for my mom and I.  Well, the bikes were a little rusty and mine had a flat tire but I rode it up to the bike shop so they could blow it up.  Well, they said it needed a new tube which would be $15 - ok I guess.  I'll be a good person and improve the owners bikes.  My mom starts riding hers and one of her tires pops and needs a new tube as well.  About 30 minutes later, we end up renting another bike and leave my bike there for them to continue fixing.

Sick and all the boys were having a blast and Brody did great.  We rode for about an hour all over our community.  We had to stop a couple of times for Brody to rest but he loved it.  Maybe bikes are on our Christmas list now.

After our biking adventure, we had worked up an appetite so off we went to an Italian restaurant.  I love it when Brody wants to take pictures because he actually will look at the camera.

Trevor is showing off his sweet look.  We are trying to get him to actually smile normally instead of the squinty eyes and nose - cute as it may be.

Loving the iphone but Trevor is not wanting to share it with Brody even though Brody just wants to show him how to do it "right"

Hilton Head - a hands on day

One of the drawbacks of going to Hilton Head is that I have to get up EARLY to drive Jason to the golf course so we can have the car.  I literally roll out of bed, put on a jacket and flip flops (with socks) - oh yeah I'm such a pretty sight on these mornings and I pray I don't have to get out of the car - of course Jason didn't realize he didn't shut the back of the vehicle this morning so I had to get out to close it :)

The key is trying to do all of this quietly so the boys don't wake up and I can crawl back in the bed to get a little more sleep.  I was pretty successful Friday morning and I'm thankful my mom was there to help with the boys when they got up to allow me a few extra minutes of sleep.

Last year we went a Children's Museum and it was great so we knew we were headed there again this year.  Brody actually remembered it and was looking forward to it.

Playing pirates

His mean look

This just makes me laugh

Inside the museum is a front of a plane with the controls - Brody loves this part as he tells me to sit in the back and buckle up.

My pilot and copilot

Trevor was putting on a puppet show for us - he loved seeing himself on tv

Playing in the sand - what little boys do best.

Pretending to drive a car

One thing about this place is everything is SO organized.  You can see all the different colors of paper and they have tons of stuff to glue on it.  Downstairs is a different craft area with paint - oh the possibilities.

My boys love this place and I'm sure we will always make a point to come here.

Hilton Head - a fun filled golf weekend

About a week ago, we all packed up including my mom and headed to Hilton Head, SC for a long weekend of fun in the sun - while Jason played golf.  This is an annual trip that we have made now for 4 years.  While Jason plays in a 3 day golf tournament, my mom, the boys and I go have fun on the island.  Each year we try to find something new for them to enjoy. 

This year we left on a Thursday morning and arrived in HH around noon.  After we dropped Jason off for his practice round, we went to find our villa.  There are so many places to stay on HH and this year I opted to not stay right on the ocean to try and save $.  I found a great little 2 bedroom, 2 bath house that included 5 bikes (more on that later).

Since we had been in a car all morning, I found out about a bouncy house place right before you get on the island and I thought what better way to let the boys burn off some energy and it was buy one get one free at 2:00, which is the time we would be arriving.

We have been to several bouncy houses, but this one tops them all with cleanliness.  It was also great that my 2 boys were the only ones there for awhile and there were never more than 10 kids in there (3 of those were triplets).  We spent about 2 1/2 hours in there and the boys LOVED every minute of it.

Yeah, my 2 year old thinks he's 5 because he climbed to the top with NO help.

Even mom and I played.

About half way through our time there, we could tell Brody wasn't feeling so well - you can see it here.  I felt so sorry for him that he couldn't enjoy this bouncy house as much as he normally would - he did try though

A little Spiderman ice cream treat break

After stopping to get some medicine for Brody and picking up Jason, we met Jessica and Caleb at Longhorn's for dinner.  They only live about 30 minutes from Hilton Head so it was a great opportunity to catch up.  The funny thing is that they were headed down to Florida for the fair while we were in HH.

It's always interesting taking 2 boys out to dinner - let's just say I'm thankful for the iphone.

With Trevor getting bigger, we knew the pack n play would be out of the question, so I hoped and prayed that he would sleep in the bed.  My mom figured both boys would be sleeping with her but it was a double and a twin bed in their room.  And also with Brody running a fever, we thought it would be best if Brody slept in the twin so he wouldn't get Nini sick.  I thought he was going to be pretty upset that he didn't get to sleep with Nini, but once I explained it to him, he was fine with it - such a good big brother.

This condo had every toy little boys need - legos and more legos.  The boys were having a blast.

Reading before bedtime

The key with all of them in a room together was how long would it take them to go to sleep.  I think the first night all were asleep by 10:30 - hey it's vacation I kept telling myself.