Blowing Rock, day two

We woke up Friday morning with two babies in our bed, and it was the sweetest thing!  The master suite in our house was on the top floor, and Mark and I didn’t want the boys on the main level by themselves. in a new place. in the mountains.  This was our first vacation just us four, and there was just something so perfect about having our little family wake up together.

We got ready for the day and then made our way back down the mountain to Tweetsie Railroad!  We walked around for a bit and then hopped on the Tweetsie train!Jack was SO excited…at first.  He kept grinning while we waited to pull out of the station and when we got underway.When we stopped for the first cowboy show, that was a different story!  Nope.  Didn’t like it.  At ALL!Sam checked it out but preferred my phone (gross)and relaxing.  (By the way, look at that straight hair!!  YAY!!)Jack thought it would be best to trade seats to be a little further from the action, so Sam got a turn.We pulled back into the station, and all was well again!  We headed up to the County Fair, and Mark and Jack played some arcade games and rode the cars-all with beautiful views of the mountains!After that, Jack saw a man with cotton candy and a huge meltdown followed!  Goodness, it was something we’ve never heard from him, so three of us scarfed down a quick lunch and we headed home for naps.

Fun little place, that Tweetsie Railroad!

The boys napped (three-and-a-half hour naps in the mountains!!) and Mark and I enjoyed more US Open and this beautiful view!We headed into downtown Blowing Rock when they woke up and were so thrilled to see how Norman Rockwell-ish it is!  The people of Blowing Rock built this beautiful park in the middle of downtown on the occasion of America’s Bicentennial.  The weather was perfect.  We loved it!I was there, too, see!?We ate a yummy supper and then headed to Kilwin’s for some ice cream and fudge.  Such a neat shop.  If we didn’t have two little ones with grabby hands, and drippy ice cream cones, I could’ve stayed in there sampling fudge and watching them make candy for a good while!  Instead, we took our ice cream back to the park, and wow, it got messy!  And then he was cold!Sam was a mess, too.  He doesn’t quite understand to lick the ice cream, so he would just dive in to mine or Mark’s.  He didn’t mind the mess at all, but he never likes the clean up!Back at the house, we played more to soak every minute out of the beautiful day,took baths,and then said goodnight to this amazing view.  Loved this day!