We've lived in Georgia for a little over two and a half years now and had yet to visit Savannah!! A crime!! On a whim, Doug decided we'd do a day trip (including a 3 hour drive each way) to spend the beautiful day in a beautiful city. (Doug was also scheduled to have knee surgery later that week, so he wanted to do something that he wouldn't be able to do for a while).
Ethan was excited to see all the boats:
...and the airplanes!!!!
We walked along the water for a while and checked out a few of the shops, then took a pretty walk to lunch:
I think the kids' favorite thing while we were there was the trolleys. They wanted to ride one, but it was so expensive and we really didn't have the time for it since we were just there for the day. We said we'd take a longer visit sometime and take a tour on a trolley:
Doug had heard about this restaurant, Pirate's House. So this is where we had lunch. It was yummy :)
Madeline was amazed at how the lemonade was made:
...and Ethan was just tired!
While Ethan napped, we check out a few shops....well, mainly the candy shops!
I could hear angels singing:
Madeline had her after-lunch-and-Ethan-is-sleeping snack:
Then we walked around some more of Savannah and admired some of it's history
The kids were getting tired and needed a little break, so Daddy strolled them around...
while I went inside of the Cathedral of John the Baptist. It was built in 1873 and looked just as amazing on the inside as the outside:
Doug and I loved looking at the moss:
Ethan was ready to do some running around again:
He watched a squirrel for quite some time, which is what he was doing when I took this picture (he looks sad, but he wasn't...the day outside was getting to his allergies!):
The kids and I love water fountains:
We eventually made our way to an awesome park. The kids played for a bit while Doug and I sat on the bench and enjoyed the beauty. Madeline had a little spill and when I pulled out the baggy of band aids, Ethan was so insistent on putting it on "Belle." So we let him:
While the kids played a little longer, Doug walked around and took some more pictures. I'm not even sure what this is, but we hope to take a weekend trip back sometime soon and attempt to soak it all in :)
Savannah is beautiful!