Topsail 2022

The whole Schlosser clan (with the addition of two new babies!) made the trip this time, and it was a great week.

Living our best life with our fancy sparkling water and our babes

They were playing Apples to Apples.

Walks with Thomas in the wrap (especially in the evening) saved us during his fussy times.

Thomas turned 1 month right before this trip, and Israel, 2 months.

 printed at least a couple of the beach pictures my sisters took, and I'm going to frame at least one. I just love looking at them.

Grandy with her oldest and youngest grandchild. Aspen is 16.

Obligatory family pictures on the beach. We didn't do it with the whole group this time. A couple of families stayed a couple places further away, which would have made it harder to coordinate; but I don't think anyone wanted that pressure anyway.

It wasn't my intent to have him wearing the swaddle for pictures, but when the light was just right and it was now or never, he was sound asleep in it, and there was no way I was waking him up. 

I was so glad we didn't have to say goodbye to my parents on the last day of vacation; instead they came back to New Bern with us and stayed three nights in an Airbnb on the river a few minutes away.

They look like they're social distancing around the fire, haha.

On Monday I took the kids to spend a few hours at the Airbnb, and that was really nice. The kids had a lot of fun with the kayaks and paddleboard, and inside the buoys where they stayed, the water never went any deeper than a couple feet.

This is the Airbnb owner's house. He had two buildings for rent: a small cottage and a converted garage, the latter of which my parents rented. It was a charming and peaceful place on the water with lots of nature to enjoy -- my mom said she could get lost looking at things. There were also a few animals in residence, including a rooster who took his job as security for not only the hens but the entire property, very seriously. They said wherever they went, that rooster would turn up, and he'd be watching them out of the corner of his eye. The kids liked the animals, except for the rooster -- they said he was mean. My dad said he saw two dolphins swim by the end of the dock, maybe only two feet away. 

We weren't there at night, but my mom took this picture, and it looks like a lovely place to watch the sun come up.

Phew! Finally done with the Topsail post just in time to leave for Massachusetts in a couple days.