Dum-Dums

Day 4: Savannah!

Thursday morning after eating breakfast at the hotel, we loaded up and headed back into Charleston to play around at Battery Park.  As you will see from the pictures, the kids LOVED playing on the cannons and cannonballs that were representative of the Revolutionary, 1812 and Civil was having been fought there.  It was fun checking out the statues, the ocean, the Palmetto horses and chasing squirrels around the park!  Sadie, as usual, was our little daredevil, ending up on the tops of cannons when we turned our backs for even a second!  And if Sadie could do it….Silas wanted a try as well!  We spent most of the morning climbing one canon after another!

Then we headed to our favorite store, Trader Joe’s!  However, on the way, our GPS took us down a random back street and Heidi spotted a tiny replica of one of the historic houses.  On it was the sign, “Little Free Library”.  We put on the breaks and grabbed a book, meeting a nice southern lady who was making a donation to the library on her walk home!  After asking for a quick review, she responded by saying it was “not mind boggling” so we went for a Christmas novel instead!

We ate our leftovers in the Trader Joe’s parking lot, then entered the store to play “Spot TJ the Turtle”, grabbing some food and handing out our first of many Dum-Dum suckers on our trip to the manager of the store who spent time teaching the kids a little lesson. 

Then we headed to Savannah, almost running out of gas along the way, and enjoyed a day of sightseeing!  We saw trolleys powered by the passengers pedaling, a church where John Wesley was rector during his time in Georgia, and a famous Praline candy store.  Our favorite experience was riding across the river on a tugboat.  You will have to use your imagination, as we left our camera in the car.  But the kids LOVED it! 

At the City Market we met a wonderful lady who told us we looked miserable and made us stand behind her booth in front of her fans.  She was awarded a Dum-Dum for her troubles.  We have suckers with a Bible verse attached and the kids are having a wonderful time handing them out to the people we encounter along our trip.  Our favorite hand out occurred as we were walking back, soaking wet from the fountain.  A nice elderly couple holding hands through the park looked at Sadie and said she looked “just like Cinderella”!  This of course made her day and Sadie and Heidi ended up talking to them for quite a while, while Silas ran back to J.L. for the sucker stash!  We handed them each a sucker and the sweet southern belle pulled out her iPhone to take a picture with Silas, Sadie and “Mama”, proceeding to email it to me!  The picture is attached below.  All in all we had a wonderful day and can’t wait to head to Disney in the morning!!