Strawberry Picking

 The boys and I went to a farm to pick strawberries one day after school last week.  The fields were huge and it was like a big treasure hunt to try and find the biggest sweetest berries.  We have never been berry picking before and we all loved the experience!  We also loved the yummy strawberries, especially in homemade jam.

We all came away covered in berry juice.

 

Farmhouse in the City

 For preschool we found the cutest little place for a field trip.  It was called Farmhouse in the City and the place was just bursting with magic.  There were so many fun things to do that the kids didn't know what to do first!  They got their hands painted (and glittered) first.

 McKay was all over bracelet making (which I thought he would run the other way from...)

 He did make sure to get Captain America colors.

 When I told McKay we were going to a place that had bunnies he kept calling it a bunny shop.  I am allergic to bunnies and therefore can't hold them and he was so worried that I was going to hurt the bunnies feelings because I didn't hold them. He kept saying "but mom, what if the bunny hops over to you and wants you to pick it up and if you don't, he will be sad."  Luckily we never had a bunny hurt feeling incident.  

 There were closets full of dress ups.  McKay decided to be a knight/pirate.

 He did his best to tie Buzz to a garbage truck.

 They had the choice of painting on a canvas or painting a piece of pottery.  McKay chose to paint Scooby-Doo.

 They got to go out back and feed the chickens all sorts of treats.

 More bunnies.

 This hen was sitting on eggs ready to hatch.

This experience was one of my favorites any of my kids have ever had.  The place was absolutely so darling.

Last Day in Savannah

 Our family are masters of the short vacation.  We get there, get the sightseein' in and head home.  By the last day our boys were dragging and tired.  We headed to some "must sees" I had read about on the internet and then headed home.

 The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was definitely on the list of things to see.  It was so beautiful.  It was the first time that the boys had seen a church like this and they thought it as awesome!

Truly so beautiful!

 We headed to the Colonial Park Cemetery, which is supposed to be super haunted.  I really just wanted to go there because I love old cemeteries.  I didn't dare tell the boys about the haunted part or I never would have gotten them out of there.  

 The boys and I were on a quest for the oldest headstone that we could find.  We found one from 1776, which was amazing!  Most of them had the writing worn off them.  It was so interesting.

 We were guessing that these headstones had fallen down so they put them on the wall to preserve them...either that or people were buried in the wall (Palmer came up with that one).

 The was a small library.  People would drop off a book and take one  So cool!  We were wising we had a Book of Mormon to add to the bunch.

We went to the Savannah Candy Kitchen, which was candy heaven!  I wanted to try one of everything! 

 We each got some ice cream to eat as we walked along the Savannah.

 There was taffy being wrapped and they were throwing out free samples.  Totally my kind of shop!

We ate ice cream and watched the ships go by.  Because this image is blown out you can't really see how massive this one was, but it was enormous.  The tiny holes in the front were full of people waving goodbye as they set out to sea.  Part of me wished it could go along, just to see everything that ship is going to see.

The last thing we did in Savannah we headed to Wormsloe Historic Site to see this breathtaking view.  It's one of the first pictures that I saw when we found out we were moving to Georgia and I finally got to see it in person.  There are 400 Oak trees that line this drive and it was simply heavenly.  We had an incredible time in Savannah