Kickoff to Summer '12

Once again we headed down to Wild Dunes on Isle of Palms for our annual Memorial Day weekend get-away.  We arrived early on Friday and immediately jumped in the pool.  Savannah is absolutely fearless when it comes to the water.  She'll strap on her goggles, throw a floatie around her, and jump right in the pool.  I must admit, it is pretty nice to not have her attached to me for the first summer ever.  I may actually get a decent tan this summer :)  

We did manage to drag ourselves away for the nice, quiet, warm pool to try out the ocean.  Last year Savannah was less than thrilled about the beach but on this trip she loved it.  She couldn't get enough of the waves crashing into her.  She didn't even mind getting knocked over and splashed in the face.  

frolicking in the waves

"This is sooo much fun!!"

love that little hinny

such a beach babe

We actually did spend some time out of the water.  Savannah happily obliged with the daily short break (thank goodness!).  She also went and got a t-shirt tie-dyed from the jr. staff.  On Saturday afternoon we headed into town to do a little shopping and to eat dinner at High Cotton.  I think if I lived in Charleston I would probably be 200 pounds-----their food is just too good!!  

notice the gigantic lollipop....she carried this thing everywhere-----even to bed.

supervising the tie-dying

the finished product

the resident gator

Saturday pool time

all dressed and ready for dinner

she never cooperates for matching Lilly pictures

On Sunday we visited the SC Aquarium.  Savannah was so excited about seeing sharks that she sped through most of the other exhibits.  But once we got to the sharks, she was barely interested in them.  I guess she was expecting to see Bruce from Nemo so those little sharks did nothing to spark her interest.    

checking out the starfish and sea urchins

not impressed with these fish

the lemurs checking out Savannah

pretending to drive a safari truch

me with my sweet girl

It was another fabulous vacation in one of my favorite cities.  The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and the scenery was beautiful.  To make it all even better, we basically stayed at the hotel for free.  Yes, I said free.  Gotta love American Express points :)  Looking back now I see that we managed to go through the weekend without taking a single family picture.  We've got to do better than that on the next beach trip.