Oyster Festival

We finally made it to a Fall festival last Sunday! I've been itching to go to an area festival - they are advertised every weekend and look like a lot of family fun. It wasn't an apple, pumpkin or Halloween festival but a "true to the coast", Oyster Festival. Our family loves oysters and we usually have one or two roasts, each year, at the house. We got started early this year by meeting up with Aunt Melissa and cousins for some tasty N.C. oysters. Before leaving the house I asked Aaron if Carrington could sample her first oyster. His response, "absolutely not". That was a strong enough answer to not ask again when we got there.

It was unseasonably cool over the weekend and on Sunday it was only in the 50's with a cool breeze blowing off the ocean. Cool weather is great for oyster eating but not so fun for an 11 month old. Before she was officially a frozen ice pop, we decided (ok, maybe more I decided) to see if Carrington has a "live on the edge" streak. So...

Aaron took her down the big, bad, blow up slide. Climbing to the top - no problem,

sitting at the top waiting to go down - no fear of heights,

sliding down at the speed of lightning - thrill of a life time, coming to an abrupt stop - either mad as a hornet that it ended so quickly or scared to death of the entire experience.

I'll pretend it was the first because it was a lot of fun for me to watch and made for some great pictures. After that she wanted nothing more than to stay bundled up in her blanket.

We had a great time with family, eating oysters, playing games and looking at the crafts!