Showing off Savannah

My parents, sister and her boys came in town for Jude's Spring Break and we had fun showing off everything we love about Savannah.

We checked out the railroad museum

Went to Forsyth Park:

And had plenty of races

Loved looking at the beautiful flowers

And checked out the green fountain

Took a ferry ride on the Savannah River

Walked down River St.

Had a picnic and watched the fountains at City Market

Had fun times at the house: Jude getting a trim from Uncle A

Bryce coaching Jude on how to play soccer

Mixing paint to make new colors (CeCe and Jude loved this!)

The boys playing with some of Bryce's new toys

And of course we had to go to the beach!  We picked a beautiful day and CeCe and Jude had a blast.  Poor Bryce was in school and Jasper wasn't feeling the sand that day. 



St. Patricks Day parade

St. Patricks Day in Savannah is HUGE!  It is celebrated for the first two weeks of March, ending with the big parade downtown.  The weather was perfect on Saturday so we decided to give it a try.  It was crazy down there!  Mainly a big party (some estimates are that 1 million people were there!) with a decent parade that comes by (if you can get close enough to see it, which we couldn't) The bands were great, but the floats were pitiful in our opinion (we are used to Mardi Gras floats though).  It was lots of fun and I'm sure we will be going back next year. 

20 questions

For Bryce on his 6th Birthday:

       1.  How old are you? 6

          2.  What is your favorite color? Blue

          3.  Who is your Best Friend? Taylor and Griffin

         4.  What is your favorite meal? Pizza

         5.  What is your favorite snack? Cheezits

         6.  What is your thing to drink? Sprite

         7.  What is your favorite toy? Legos

         8.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? Ride bikes and swing

         9.   What is your bedtime? 8:00 back to room 8:25 lights out

       10.  What is your favorite TV show? Tom and Jerry

       11.  What was your favorite vacation this year? Lake house

      12.   What are your teachers’ names? Mrs. Kowalchuk (Mrs. K) and Mrs. Butler

      13.  What is your favorite thing to do at school? color

      14.  Who do you like to play with at school? Griffin

      15.  What is your favorite restaurant? Molly McGuires

      16.  What is your favorite book? Dinosaur Eye to Eye

      17.  What is your favorite game to play? Dino search game

      18.  How much do you weigh? 47 lbs

      19.  How tall are you? 45 inches

      20.  What size shoe do you wear? 13

I want to brag on Bryce for a minute....he is reading GREAT now!  We go to the library every week and he checks out early reader books.  He is allowed to stay up for about 10 minutes after we say goodnight and read to himself.  He is so proud of this because he has his own clip on lamp and watches the clock and does it all himself.  Big stuff!  He is also doing great at school and learning so much and enjoys going every day.  He is still LOVING Savannah.  I'm so thankful for this. I say it every year, but I can't believe he is six years old now!  

Our beautiful azaleas

And two cute kids before church!

Aren't these flowers beautiful?  Savannah is just gorgeous right now with all the azaleas blooming.  This one is in our backyard right off the master bedroom.  We have a few in the front yard, but this is the biggest.  My parents helped me plant 5 more while they were here.  Lots of pictures from their week long visit to come.

Dino Mite 6th Birthday Party Part 2

(Part 1 is below this post) Next up at the party was the volcano!  When Bryce settled on a dinosaur theme I just knew we had to have an errupting volcano.  I found a video on you tube that showed how to make a reusable one.  We built it over several weekends but it was very easy to do.  The inside was a bottle of generic red soda and you drop mentos candy inside to make the soda errupt.  It was GREAT!!  We tried it last weekend but the soda I bought for the party must have been even fizzier because the 'lava' went up even higher!  Luckily I bought an extra bottle of soda because right after the first erruption all the kids were asking for another one!

Here is Bryce and his good friend Taylor.  These two have a special bond.  Taylor refers to Bryce as her boyfriend, but Bryce just says they are good friends.  His face lit up when she got to the party. 

Cupcake time!

Jasper on the playset

They played with the silly exercise ball the whole time!

Opening presents

Trying out his new pogo stick from Aunt Sandra!

CeCe's new friend (and neighbor) Sophie came to the party

Jude fit right in with the 6 year old boys!

Thanks for coming Aunt Sandra!

After the party Bryce couldn't wait to show off his bike riding skills to Cappy, Papaw Ruff and Aunt Blake

Riding on his new scooter from us and Jude riding on Bryce's old scooter. 

Dino Mite 6th Birthday Party Part 1

Bryce's birthday party was yesterday.  When we started planning this party I was so nervous that nobody would come.  We have only lived here for two months and I had no idea what is normal for kids birthday parties around here.  But we have always done a nice party for the kids and Bryce had been looking forward to and planning his 6th party since last March so I knew we had to do something fun!  It worked out perfectly that Jude is on Spring Break this week so my parents drove to Huntsville and picked up Blakeley and the Js and they got here about an hour before party time.  My awesome super sweet Aunt Sandra also came for the party.  How great is that?  I thought that once we moved this far away she wouldn't come anymore, but she did!!  She has a great friend that traveled with her and they are making the most out of their time in Savannah! I decided that if we decorate enough and have enough fun dino things to do then even if it was just the cousins and family then the party could still be great.  Well....I was so surprised at the turnout we had....13 kids! The weather was beautiful which made it even better. 

The spread and the excited birthday boy

 Dino cupcakes (strawberry of course!)

 Volcano brownie pops

 The volcano we made (pictures of it errupting later) and triceratops pinata that Bryce and I made



Dino relay race

 Dinosaur egg hunt

Stay tuned for party part 2

Last Basketball Game

Last night Bryce had his last basketball game of the season.  He is pretty sad that it is over!  He played great again last night.  He made one basket and tried for 3 more.  He went after the ball agressively a couple of times and on defense he stayed with his player as she moved across the court.  This was the first team that we've played that had girls on it, and wouldn't you know they were the best team we've played all season!  They were all so tall! 

His trophy

His team with their coach.  We are going to request to be on her team again next year.  She is so great with the kids. 

And next up.....Tball!!