Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Spring Break Trip - Beach, Aquarium, and a Plantation

The next morning we started the day at the Charleston Aquarium, which is a beautiful place. Here are the boys at the entrance

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Grady being goofy with the lemurs. You could pop your head up into their exhibit. The aquarium has a huge Madagascar exhibit now.

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The Madagascar exhibit was very hands-on. There was even a baby/toddler play area!

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Anson loved the huge tank, especially seeing the divers clean it. The divers played around with him a bunch since the place was nearly empty when we got there.

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There was a great touch tank

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There was also a fun fishing boat play area


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Cami really wanted to sit in the rocker

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On the big turtle


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How cute that G is helping C? Don't mind her soggy bum. She had just sat in a puddle.


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He's feeding a sting ray! We've never done this before!


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This is his excited face. Check out the pretty bridge in the background. And there were tons of dolphin in the water right there!

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Anson is SO big!


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That afternoon we headed to the beach

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Enjoying their mocktails from the beach bar

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Super yummy, fun dinner outside at the Lettered Olive

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The next morning we were back on the beach

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In the big chair!

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After a fun lunch at the Pavillion and a nap, we headed over to Mount Pleasant to go to Boone Hall, a beautiful plantation. It was a lof of fun for everyone!


Grady, with the main house

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In front of one of the many slave buildings

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Cami was there too!

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They got to sit on some cool tractors

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Grady in the gardens - lots of poppies!

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Who needs a playground when you have a huge live oak?

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That evening we ate at Vickery's, a seafood restaurant right on Murrell's Inlet, on Mount Pleasant. The boys shared a big piece of chocolate cake for dessert!

More to come...































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