Our family is a huge fan of aquariums.  North Carolina has some fantastic aquariums but unfortunately none of them are within a day trip of Charlotte.  When our boys had a Tae Kwon Do tournament in Greenville, NC, we decided to head to the coast afterwards for a short weekend beach getaway.  We spent some time in Wrightsville and Carolina Beach, but the highlight of the trip was our visit to the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher in Kure Beach, NC. The aquarium is broken down into three main sections: the Cape Fear Conservatory, the Marine Building Upper Level, and …

My oldest is a huge Lego fan.  Our house looks like a Lego battlefield.  There are pieces strewn across the floor like land mines just waiting to be stepped on.  Every tabletop in the house has random pieces scattered across it.  I find pieces in pockets when I do laundry, in between couch cushions when I straighten up, even in the bath tub.  They are everywhere.  So I always knew he would love LegoLand, but at 8 years old, I figured he was creeping up on aging out of the theme park.  So when we decided to book a Disney …