4th of July at Mystic Seaport

What a fun-filled 4th of July this has been! We decided to head out to Mystic, Connecticut for their 4th of July celebration. Our goal was to leave the house around 10:00, so that we arrived in Mystic around 11:00, but if you know the Wemyss' Family, you know that didn't happen! We ended up making it to the Seaport around noon, so we headed straight to the Galley restaurant for some grub before we proceeded any further.

"Feed me, or I'm going to make a scene!"

After our stomachs were nice and full, we started our adventure! First off, a picture of the Man Overboard scene.

Austin overboard

Next, we headed to the Children's museum, so that Austin could get hands on!

Fixing the ship crew a delicious lunch

Playing with the boats in the water

More playing with the boats (or as Austin calls them "bees")

Next up, we headed to one of the large ships to check it out. Austin wasn't all that interested, but he did like being able to see the water though some of the holes in the side of the ship.

Austin inspecting the condition of the chains on the boat

Mommy and Austin on the ship

The children's playground was our next point of call. Austin had a great time playing in the boats!

Austin steering his own ship!

Daddy and Austin on the play boat

After the playground, we headed to the Toy Boat shop, so that Austin (Daddy) could make his own boat to take home. Austin could have cared less, once we got there, but Charlie ended up having a great time. I should have taken a picture of the boat right after Charlie completed it, because it now has a broken mast after Austin played with it for 5 minutes. Sorry honey!

Our last adventure of the day was a horse and carriage ride with Duke the horse. Austin loved Duke and the whole ride kept saying "mommy, mooo?". To which I had to explain that no, Duke isn't a cow, he's a horse and horses go "Neigh". This conversation occurred no less than 11 times during our 11 minute carriage ride.

Mommy and Austin riding the horse and carriage

We realized shortly after this, that it was 4:00 and time for all of us to take a nap (except Charlie, who had to drive!).

What a fun day!

Tomorrow's adventure is a fireworks display at a local community college. We'll see if Austin can handle it (something tells me that we won't be there very long!).

Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!