Wilmington, NC

After a short 2.5 drive we all arrived at the super beautiful and private island of Figure 8, to our "little" beach house (3 stories, 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, right at the water).
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Our first day was - of course - raining on and off with thundershowers, yet it was pretty. That night Stuart and I made ceviche and brie quesadillas, and lots of strong super tasty Sangria. Oh, and Micah brought back a turtle, that he found on the road - and had to return it right where he picked it up :)


All the kids are having a blast and get along great: Elsa (6 months) is THE happiest baby ever, Skylar (1 year, the birthday girl) is getting over her viral infection (spiking a fever of 103 before we left), Lily who thinks everything is fun anyway, and Wesley (almost 2 years) who is the token boy and teaches Lily all kind of new tricks.




On our second day we had a wonderful sunny day with perfect temperatures, which allowed us all to hang out at the beach, followed by Skylar’s big birthday BBQ.
The other days were just as perfect, sometimes rain in the morning but usually followed by lots of sun and beach weather.


We had great beach days, and Lily finally found the love of the ocean, which meant she tried to walk in the water whenever possible, silly girl.


We had lots of great cooks in the group, which means all the food we had was just amazing, from clams or grouper for lunch, ceviche and quesadillas, tasty BBQ, amazing clam pasta, jambalaya, and then stuffed flounder, and when we all went out for dinner the last night it all seemed rather bland to the gourmet food we cooked the whole week.

As for the drinkin, on the last day we counted the bottles and it came to 35 wine bottles, plus big sangria, tequila and vodka – god, we were good!






When we got back to Raleigh Dawn’s mom volunteered to watch the babies while the 4 of us went to an amazing steak dinner and behaved like some grown ups, eating great food, checked out “B’s” and drank some amazing wine. Life is good, thanks Rapoports for a fun, let's do it again next year!