Finale

Saturday in Savannah was Caveman's concert day. His rehearsal started late in the morning so we had a relaxing morning. After we dropped him off, we just walked around the city for a couple of hours. I took a TON of pictures. Old houses, porch lights, front steps. I love all the details that historic homes have. But I'll post those pictures later. We sat in on a few minutes of Caveman's rehearsal. So good. He was in the Men's Chorus this year. Again, so good. He's kind of in the middle in the yellow shirt.

When he was finished we went to Loco's for lunch. We love that place! Still bummed that the one here closed. And after lunch we went to Forsyth Park. So lovely. And those little boys of mine couldn't wait to get to the playground.

Matt played with the kids while I took pictures of some of the homes surrounding the park. And I got some pics of my kiddos too.

This is video of Caveman's favorite song they performed. I think those boys were having a blast. After the director left the stage at the end of the performance, the boys broke into song again. Completely unplanned. It was pretty cool. So glad he could be a part of this again. And who knows? Maybe we'll be in Savannah again next year...

Conversation with Baby

So my little man said something gross this morning and I told him not to say it again. The rest of the conversation went like this:

Baby: but my friends say it.
Me: That doesn't make it okay. You need to act like a nice boy.
Baby: I'll just act like a actor.
Me: Oh? What's an actor?
Baby: A dancing chicken.

Hmmm. I guess that's alright as long he doesn't say anything gross.

Rainy Afternoon

When we got back to Savannah we decided to take a ride on the ferry before the rain started.



The ferry makes three stops on the river and we rode the whole loop. We rode outside at the front of the boat. The kids loved it.





I loved the views of River Street from the river.













The kids wanted to visit the First African Baptist Church. It was part of the Underground Railroad, so the kids were really wanted to take the tour. We got there and found out they only offer two tours a day and we had missed them. So we decided to walk to the Civic Center to meet Caveman for his dinner break. We started the walk and it started to rain. We had our umbrellas so we were okay. At first. There was a lot of thunder and the kids were getting scared. We were trying to hurry. As soon as we got to the Civic Center it started to hail. We took shelter inside for a while and when the rain let up a little bit we went back to River Street for dinner.

After dinner we went back to the hotel so the kids could swim. The pool was soooo warm. It was really relaxing. After the swim the kids were sufficiently worn out and were asleep pretty quick after their baths. Cowboy was pretending to sleep with his rubberband band gun but had a hard time keeping a straight face. Goofball.

Tybee Island

Our second day in Savannah had afternoon showers in the forecast. And there was colder weather behind the rain. Caveman had an early rehearsal so we sent him off and decided to spend the morning at Tybee Island. It's a short drive from downtown Savannah, fifteen or twenty minutes, over lots of marsh land. I took these pics through the car window.





We drove straight to the beach. Although it was a warm morning, it was pretty chilly on the water. We ditched our shoes as soon as our feet hit the sand and went straight to the water.

This guy had his pockets full of shells before we got to the shoreline.



I love walking on the beach. And taking pictures. Since it was overcast the light was really nice.







I love all their wild hair in this one.



Cowboy thought he would try picking up the giant driftwood.



And Rockstar must have done a hundred cartwheels.











And can I just mention how much I love the rapid fire on my camera? I really do.

A glimpse of the lighthouse. And some of the beach houses.



This was definitely not the nicest beach we've been to. Everything on the island is kind of old and run down. But it was still so nice to have my feet in the sand.











My favorite house on the beach.



We left the beach and drove over to the lighthouse. A friend had told us about the painted turtles all over town and the kids had fun looking for them on the drive. We got to the lighthouse and Cowboy couldn't wait to get to the top.





I love the inside of the light house. The exposed brick and the chippy paint.









The boys love the big ships going by.



We met Caveman for lunch at the Crab Shack on our way back to Savannah. There was an alligator bayou out front. The kids thought it was pretty cool.







It was a really fun morning. I'll share the rest of the days adventures later. That was a ton of pictures!

Day One

I thought my post about our weekend trip could be summed up in one post. But then I downloaded my pictures and realized I took over 400 shots. I won't share them all here.

Thanks to Caveman, we were able to go to Savannah again for All-State chorus. This year we took all of the kids. We found that Savannah isn't the most kid friendly city but we still had a good time. We arrived downtown at the Civic Center to get Caveman checked in and the little boys quickly found some seagulls to chase.



We left Caveman then walked a couple of blocks to purchase a parking permit. If you ever go to Savannah you should do this. It's only six bucks a day and you can park at any meter or city owned garage. We didn't do this last year. We will do it again. And parking is free on the weekends. Bonus! We got there and found out they needed our license plate number. We didn't know it. So we walked back to the car to get it. Then back to the visitors center. Then found out the permit didn't cover where we were parked so we walked back to the car again. That was when Rockstar decided that if Caveman ever gets to go to All-State again, she doesn't want to go.

We drove down to River Street. We heard there was a ferry that would take you across the river. And it was free! But we got distracted looking at boats and helicopters and souvenir shops.











It was such a gorgeous day. Low 80's. Breezy. Perfect. And when you're in Savannah, you're almost always in the shade of a giant Live Oak. I wondered if I lived there, would I ever get tired of looking at them?





We met up with Caveman and his group for dinner. We had pizza on the roof of the hotel. The boys had a lightsaber battle.



Looks like Cowboy won.



Caveman's chorus teacher likes to give the kids that go to All-State crazy sunglasses every year. She went all out this time.



The whole group.



After dinner we thought we would walk around a little more with the kids. We walked down Broughton Street. There are tons of stores and restaurants. Then we went to city market and looked at some art galleries. The kiddos were getting tired and whiny so we went back to the hotel for a couple of hours. Then we met up with Caveman and his group on River Street for ice cream.

There are always street performers on River Street and there was a man singing so Caveman and his buddy went over and started singing with him. A few seconds later there were tons of kids surrounding them singing Lean on Me. It was kind of cool.



Matt took the camera for a while and took some cool night time shots.









This little girl was exhausted! It was time to call it a night.