Spring Break: The Last Day

...Tuesday was the last day of our trip. We couldn't decide where to go in the morning. Grammie wanted to see more of Savannah in the afternoon so we thought in the morning we would go somewhere with animals and boardwalks and room for running around.
As we walked out to the garage that morning we saw the strangest spider that had spun a web blocking our path. The spider looked like a little crab!:

We were really happy to have a garage to park in since parking in Old Town Savannah looked like a pain:

We drove out to a place that was like a little zoo, but it looked crummy from the car, so we switched gears and drove all the way back to Hilton Head instead to try another place called Coastal Discovery Museum. It was a pretty fun place.
We started out in the main house where they had a kids room full of stuff to touch:

Then we walked around the gardens and paths and boardwalks. I loved all the mossy trees!:

Lulu, you were proud of this picture you took of me holding a Magnolia leaf:

After we visited here and had a quick lunch at Taco Bell, we were back to Savannah to walk around and explore a little more on foot:

 Here's the house that General Sherman used when he was in Savannah during the Civil War!:

 A famous pub and the old phone booth:

 A famous chocolatier's fancy shop. The chocolates were in book cases with old books:

 Crossing the bridge to get over to River Street:

 The Old Cotton Exchange building:

 A place to play!:

We stopped at the famous River Street Sweets store too and Grammie bought us the most delicious pralines!
Grammie also gave each of you a penny to throw in this fountain. I told you that you had to make a wish before you threw it in:

 Mr T, a little while after you threw the penny in and you were riding in the stroller again I noticed that you were sad. I asked you what was wrong and  you said that you were sad that your wish hadn't come true yet. When I asked what you had wished for you said "A gorilla!" That gave me a good laugh. I explained to you that wishes don't necessarily come true right after you wish them! Sometimes you have to wait a long time and do a lot of work. When you are older if your wish is still to have a gorilla then maybe you will get to work with them at a zoo!
Here is one of the bridges that were used for cotton selling. Wagons full of cotton would drive up and wait under this bridge for the men on the bridges to tell them how much their cotton was worth! The streets down here are still made with ship ballast stones!:

 We also walked past the oldest house, known as the pirate house. It is now a restaurant, but we wanted to walk by and check it out since we wouldn't be dining there:

Here we are, back on our street. See the blue house down the sidewalk? And see Lulu putting a brochure through the mail slot in the door?

 Mr T, going back upstairs to his room:

It was then time to pack up and get ready for bed.

The next morning I took a picture of you two boys by the fireplace in your room:

 We walked our street one more time looking at the pretty houses. We found a small church and even found a not so pretty house. I told you guys it may be haunted since it is in disrepair:

One last picture of Lulu by the pretty flowers next to our garage just before we left for the airport:

We had two flights to take on Wednesday. You guys all did really well on the planes. Electronics kept you occupied the whole time! Even though you whined and complained some on the trip I know you guys had a fun time. Lulu, you told me that you loved everything! I hope Grammie had fun too since she took us but I planned the whole thing! I know I had a great time.
Now we are back to real life in cold Utah. At least it looks like the sun and Spring are coming back this weekend and you guys don't have school until Monday. Yessss!
Love you all my travel buddies,
Mom

Spring Break: Savannah

...Monday morning we finally explored the city of Savannah where we were staying. It was finally beautifully warm and sunny!
We did a trolley tour through the historic areas:

You guys had getting on and off of the bus. A few times people dressed up got on too and told us a little about the famous buildings, like this pirate!:

We got off at the famous Forest Gump square, although you guys were quite disappointed that Forest didn't join our tour. Different people get on each day I guess. We walked through the square and did a tour of an old house. It wasn't the fanciest tour or the biggest house, but it was the cheapest and the shortest, which worked out well for you guys and especially Baby who wouldn't stop jabbering and asking for food! Here's the front of the house:

and the place where they used to tie up their horses in front:

After lunch and more trolley sights we got ice cream from the famous Leopold's Ice Cream. We walked back down to a square to enjoy our treat:

Our next stop on the tour was at River Street. You two little boys loved seeing the river and the boats, but Hammer was sad for some reason. I can't remember why. It seems like someone was often sad about something. You crazy kids:

After the tour we drove home and then walked to a few of sights close to our house.
First stop was the big cathedral, and the square we passed on the way over:

The cathedral was quite amazing inside. We didn't spend too long there though since little boys want to run and shout! We walked down to Forsyth Park next, where you were able to run and shot and play on toys all you wanted:

 Dad walked around some more monuments while you kids played on the toys:

Back home for dinner and a movie:

And that was the end of another day!
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