we took advantage of the one non-rainy day this week to go to the vancouver christmas market in downtown. crepes and christmas ornaments rebecca loved the carousel
we’ll be heading back to visit family over christmas, but it didn’t seem right not to have our own christmas tree. and what’s a christmas tree without ornaments? the last couple of weeks have been fun making decorations for our humble tree including pom pom santa and reindeer, paper snowflakes, a popsicle stick tree, an read more
taking advantage of a warm december day. we are quite into snowmen these days. hopefully we’ll get some snow to make our own frosty! making her snowman. i call it “snowman in a blizzard”
our charleston experience would not be complete without a (big) food entry. we definitely got a good taste of “low country” food. our first night in charleston, at “low country bistro”. frogmore stew and a local brew. we went full-out for our thanksgiving dinner at “hank’s seafood restaurant”. passed on the turkey for some amazing read more
on our last morning in charleston, we spent a bit of time at waterfront park where there are big porchswings overlooking the coast. the pineapple fountain goodbye to our hotel. here are some photos from when we first arrived of the beautiful christmas train display… quite mesmerizing for both big and little people. then it read more
on the day after thanksgiving, we drove up to boone hall plantation which is one of the oldest working plantations in the country. driving into the plantation brought us through the avenue of oaks, a corridor of 80 or so oak trees planted in 1743. there was a row of original brick huts where the read more
after lunch and a quick rest in the afternoon, we went on a walking tour of historic downtown. luckily the stroller did its magic, and rebecca fell asleep for a nap. from our hotel we started out going down meeting street to the affluent south of broad neighborhood. we walked to the battery, which is read more
on thanksgiving day, most attractions were closed, but we found out that charles towne landing would be open… and we’re so glad it was! it turned out to be a terrific way to spend the morning, especially with a child. charles towne landing is a state historic site marking the exact place where english settlers read more
for part of thanksgiving break, we drove down to charleston, SC for a short trip. quick lunch at waffle house. the holiday traffic meant 6 hours of driving, after which we finally made it to charleston and checked-in to our hotel. we were pretty excited to stay at a fancy downtown hotel which we found read more
we are making new friends in chapel hill… here we are visiting miss lillian who took rebecca on a wagon ride. leaf picking pit stop happy