You all know small children make me nervous right? Give me a bunch of high school knuckle heads any day. Third graders? Mercy. I had to suck it up though when Addie begged me to go on a field trip to Savannah and Tybee Island with her class. I mustered up the courage, asked for prayer, and loaded the bus! Thank goodness her teachers are great organizers and her classmates are just precious. Not one problem. Here they are acting silly on the beach. Apparently this is a Savannah trip tradition!
Addie and her classmates were able to sift through the tidepools and find all sorts of funky ocean critters..
Here's a picture of Addie and her friend Lillie just after arriving on River Street.
Addie and her friend Noah Kate had a big time at Old Fort Jackson.
The "corporal" in charge of our tour was fabulous! He had the entire "regiment" walking the line. The kids learned so much!
More Tybee tide pool exploring...
We were up and at school by 6am and didn't get home until almost 10pm, but it was worth it. Addie and I had a blast. She really is blessed with great teachers and such a great group of friends.
And then there was Saturday... and NO. I was not watching the Derby. I LOVE the Kentucky Derby.. but no.. not today.
Ali Grace's Spring Social in Augusta. Lawd mercy I wasn't sure I was going to make it. We had to get up early to be at grand march practice by 10am. Not an easy task when you live in the sticks. We made it though and then had to run all over Augusta getting all sorts of things.. You see one does not simply "run into town" to get a blinged out hair clip, a pair of dancing heels, a gorgeous necklace and earring set, or a Caesar panini for lunch for that matter.. nope not in the bird dog capitol of the world! We are an hour out of Augusta so there was no way we could get back home and get hair done and then back to the arena by 5. So, in rides the cavalry. I'm telling y'all I have the best family in the world. My sister in law, Jessica agreed to do Ali's hair and so we used her house in Harlem as a staging ground! We got Ali all jazzed up and then Nanny and Poppy drove up and met us. Jessica went with us to the formal while poor Uncle David was stuck with Addie, Emma and Sarah! He was a champ though and I don't know if I could have done it without them.
This is Ali and Christopher during the grand march. Ali is in purple.
Although it was stress to the max, I wouldn't take a million bucks for it. Ali Grace had a ball and her dance partner was fabulous! They did a waltz, then a fox trot, and many more. I was thoroughly impressed and I'm so thankful she was afforded this experience.
These two have grown up so much since their very first Social class back in late summer last year.
We finally got home around 11:00 last night. Pete came home from the Georgia FFA Convention last night too. Hey did I mention I conquered this weekend with my husband out of town?? Yep. I rocked it.
Since David and Jess were coming down to bring Addie home anyhow, we decided to fire up the smoker and break in the swimming pool. Luckily it FINALLY started to hit 90 degrees today!
Emma, Sarah, Addie and Ali all had a great day playing together in the pool. Today was just what I needed to recover from the past two days of INSANITY! Fourteen and a half days until Summer Break! I think I can I think I can!
