We spent the week of July 4th in the mountains visiting Paw-paw (my Dad). The weather was great - about 20 degrees cooler than at home. It rained quite a bit, but it was usually scattered showers, so no big deal.
We went to a 4th of July parade in Banner Elk.
Emily sat in the stroller for part of the time - she had a great view!
Ivy wore her fairy wings to the parade...
After the parade, Paw-paw went off with is friend Margaret. It started to rain so we grabbed some lunch and then after the rain stopped, we went exploring.
Ivy found some puddles to jump in.
That night, we went to another little mountain town to see some fireworks. Paw-paw's friend, Margaret, clogs. She got up and danced with Ivy and she had a great time!
Ready for fireworks!!
We visited Grandfather mountain...
Another day we went to an alpaca farm...
A family picture at the Land of Oz...
Ivy and Emily by the gates at Land of Oz...
A BEAUTIFUL view...
Back to Banner Elk to play at their awesome park...
On our way home we stopped in Foscoe to do some gem mining...
When we got home, Ivy got her ears pierced. She had been asking to have them pierced for a long time and I kept putting it off to see if she'd keep asking. We talked about how it would hurt, but not for long. She knew all about how she'd have to keep the same earrings in for a long time and let me clean them and turn them several times a day... We talked all about it and she still wanted to do it.
Oh, we had it done at the pediatric urgent care. They put a numbing cream on her ears and we let it sit on her ears for about 45 minutes before having them pierced.
Doing silly things while we waited...
Here it goes!!
She was so excited afterwards - and so proud of her new earrings.
She felt like such a big girl!
We went to the beach soon after this trip so I have more pictures to post soon...
