Columbus Day Weekend AKA Vacation Part 2

We did get some more time down the shore recently. We made the Columbus Day Weekend into a 5 day weekend and spent it down the shore, just the 3 of us, and we had a great time. The weather was fantastic, sunny and cool with a few clouds, but not too cold that we couldn't play in the sand on the beach. I didn't want to go all over the place...all I wanted to do was spend a nice quiet time down the shore with my family. I did have one weak moment and considered going back down to Storybookland but I refrained and came back to my sanity by remembering that I didn't want to run around but just "be". =) So, what did we do????

We explored Viking Village...

And Bay Village (no, do not fear, not all of the photos will be of us with our heads peaking through something!)


We went to the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Barnegat Lighthouse!


Where Daddy and Maddie went exploring out on the rocks


And took a break to look at some shops...

We did get to go to the beach a couple of times...


Which involved beach coming for shells, and the most prized possession...crab claws!


Another fun passtime was building sand castles...Maddie had the small purple bucket that she could build them with...while Daddy...


Opted for the large pink bucket, created a moat and attempted a fortress to hold back the tide. The tide won =)

There was some splashing allowed on the warmer days...

As well as lots of visits to the playground!

There is just a sampling of how our long weekend went. It was a very good one.