Southern Charm

The girls had a week off from daycare during Spring Break so instead of doing the usual Caribbean/beach thing, we decided to try something slightly more adventurous.  We flew down to the South, rented a car and explored Charleston, Savannah and Hilton Head.  In order to keep this post brief and to the point, I broke the whole trip down into three categories: the good, the bad and the ugly.   Enjoy!

The Good:

-Rain didn't stop us from enjoying some great activities: jumpy castle, children's museum,  aquarium, supermarket (see pic of shopping cart below)

-Violet learns to swim - sort of (she can now swim under water)

-Most of the food was mediocre but there were a few highlights: A Lowcountry Backyard and Lucky  Rooster (mmmm shrimp-n-grits)

-Thanks to blackout shades the girls woke up at 9am instead of the usual 6:30am

-Free upgrade in Charleston caused us to end up on the "all inclusive" floor. Free booze!

-Hotel in Hilton Head had an Easter egg hunt where we learned that Ivy's fear of bunnies is greater than her love of candy

The Bad

-First day in Charleston Violet got a fever 

-It was cold and rainy for nearly the entire trip

-Ivy breaks several mugs, plates, glasses, hotel decorations and whatever else she can get her hands on

-Ivy goes to the emergency clinic for an X-Ray to make sure her arm isn't broken.  We learned she was  completely fine when she started to wildly swing at the nurse in order to avoid the physical

-Hotwire lost yet another one of our reservations (other one was in Peru)

The Ugly

-We accidentally end up in a very, very, very Southern restaurant where an extremely chatty owner      explained to us that she "aint chaahyel frenly" 

-Witnessing a romantic wedding in a park in Savannah where the groom walked out to "I am da man" by  Aloe  Blacc

-Violet eats nothing but bacon for 7 days straight (I actually wasn't sure if this was supposed to go in "the ugly" or "the good" category)