Beachy Adventures

I told Ron when he was preparing to apply for residencies, to be happy I either wanted to live in the mountains or near the beach!  I got the beach and I LOVE it here!  What is even more fun, is there are some days throughout the Fall where the temperatures reach a balmy 70 degrees, screaming out for a beach day!  And there is no one on the beach, we have it to ourselves.  So we walked in the water & did some shell hunting!  Just the sounds of the waves are incredibly relaxing!
Buckroe Beach

Fort Story Lighthouse
 The Cape Henry Lighthouse stands near the "First Landing" site of the Jamestown settlers, and was authorized by George Washington and overseen by Alexander Hamilton. Completed in 1792, the construction of the Cape Henry Lighthouse was one of the first acts of the newly formed Federal government.The lighthouse was active use for nearly a century before being replaced by a new cast iron lighthouse still standing nearby. It is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses in the United States.  (http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/CapeHenryLighthouses/)

Halloween

Ron was gone the entire week before Halloween for C4 training (combat casualty).  So, Aidan and I did our best to make the most of the holiday season!
YMCA Frankenfest

Halloween donuts

Raking leaves for a pumpkin bag

ZooBoo

Trick-or-treating at NMCP w/daddy (Mommy is Izzy, Aidan is Jake, Daddy is boring)

How We Stay Busy

There are so many fun (children based) activities in this area, I have been pleasantly surprised.  We have made sure to get a membership to many of them, as we are always looking for a reason to get out of the house.  Most of these places have fun activities based around the holidays as well, you can't go wrong there!

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

VIRGINIA LIVING MUSUEM

VIRGINIA ZOO