Oh, my gosh, how the time flies. Aria is already 6 and celebrating her birthday today. Nettie set everything up for Todd Grove Park, and the theme is Survivor. Aria has been watching that on television, so decided that was what her them this year would be. Nettie set up an obstacle course for the kids to crawl under the ropes, jump through the hoops, crawl through the tunnels, then run. She also made paper cups that die to tops of kids feet, then they are filled with popcorn (popped, of course), then the child has to walk them over, without spilling, and empty them into a paper bag. That was so much fun. She also had a table set up where kids could color/embellish their own rocks. Pizza, fruit salad and naapa cabbage salad for lunch, along with drink box, then ice cream for dessert. The kids had a blast. Looks like about 10 kids came out of about 20 invited. Aria's best friend, Sepi, and her mom Alexis, drove up from Concord, so she was totally excited about that. It was a sunny day, but cold and windy at times, but the kids had a ball. By the time it was to leave, we were all exhausted. Zoe did well most of the day, but was a little grumpy. That's okay, cause she's only 7 months old now. We got to the park at 11:15 and left at 3:15...long, busy day.
And you can see Miss Zoe had a good time in the basket.
Now, last week I was in Savannah with my sister, Judy, her daughter, Beth, her daughter Katie, and my niece Kris. They all talked about a girl's weekend quite awhile back, and were nice enough to invite me. We had a ball. Stayed at The Wedding Cake Mansion, ate at Paula Deen's The Lady and Sons, as well as The Wilkes House...fabulous dining all around.
We walked, and walked, and walked around town all over the place, took a horse drawn carriage ride for an hour, walked down by the river, went to Leopold's Ice Cream Parlor, and all had the time of our lives. Thanks to Kris for setting it all up...we might make this a regular thing for us to do. I also got to see my sweet friend, Mary Trusdell. Judy and I borrowed Beth's car and drove to Spartanburg, where she lives, and met her at her house for a tour of her beautiful home, a visit with hubby, Tracy, then to lunch. It was so good to see her again, my sweet Mary!
Home again, home again...
