Spring Break 2022: Charleston

 The last stop on our southern spring break tour:

Charleston, SC

Went on a short walk to the waterfront

This great egret was not at all shy and

just hung out right on the railing.

We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical.

It was great!

I especially loved the special effects at the end

when Mike Teevee gets shrunk.

Got lunch at the Tattooed Moose.

One of Whitney's things she loves to do is to eat

at independent, local restaurants.

It's fun to try new places with her. 

It was pretty good.

They had elotes (street corn), which made

Whit and me SO happy.

Explored downtown Charleston a bit.

It was more crowded and difficult

to get around than Savannah.

I like Savannah more.

They have a great big market for makers,

which the girls LOVED.

Care Bear found an air plant in an adorable little

concrete pot. And I got some really cute silver

earrings that are modeled after some famous

gates in Charleston. I guess that's a thing in Charleston,

lots of fancy homes with fancy gates.

But we didn't get to see that part.

We also got to spend a couple hours serving while 

we were in Charleston.

I had been in contact with a nonprofit called 

Pay It Forward Projects.

They purchase homes, renovate them, and then 

rent them out to homeless families affordably.

They were just about ready for a family

to move into this home, so we got to

help clean it up and get it all ready for them.

What a great project!

So grateful we could help a bit.

And, finally, Care Bear chose to have us do an

aerial silks class while we were in Charleston.

We went to Aerial Fit and had a semi-private

lesson with a very nice man named Clayton.

It's always interesting to see how different

instructors teach differently.

My girls are so good.

Our teacher was great because he would give

Whitney and I kind of easy things to work on

and then he would take a few minutes with Caroline

and give her something harder to do.

It was perfect.

I am NOT good at this.

It hurts my feet.

And my muscles.

But it does give me a greater appreciation for

all the stuff that Care Bear can do.

And make it look pretty!

And easy!

Clayton was the first instructor to teach C how to

do a foot lock! But then it was kinda awkward because

she didn't want to tell Sabrina that she had learned

how to do it. So she just waited until Sabrina taught

her a few weeks later. Ha!

It was a fabulous spring break! We got to see so much and make lots of fun memories. Hard to believe it's our last spring break with Whit at home. Glad we could do a lot of things that she loves.