Weekend 9/14-9/15 2013

We had a really nice weekend overall. Saturday we took the kiddos to the library and they each picked out three books. Ethan is a voracious reader these days and picked out several chapter books (he's read one and in the middle of another already). Valerie picked out some Junie B. Jones books for us to read to her. Julia picked out several chapter books- which she pretends to read. And Olivia picked out several board books. After that we went to the zoo and had a blast (see several pictures above from this trip). Julia requested the picture of her on the rock, usually we don't get requests and they try to avoid pictures- so I was pleased to oblige. The Riverbanks zoo really is beautiful and there are a lot of particularly kid friendly aspects to it.

Sunday was great because E,V and J each had some time with friends. Ethan got to play with a friend from school who happens to live in our same neighborhood. Valerie went across the street to play with a friend her age/grade. And Julia had a roller skating birthday party to go to (see pics above). Olivia wasn't at all shy about trying out the skates. Unfortunately, Olivia had a fever for some of the weekend, but it clearly was viral- we worried anyway though, b/c she has programmed us to.

Some things I have noticed about South Carolina/South Carolinians- They pronounce on, "own". They only have license plates on the back of the car. This leaves the front of the car available for a plate of one's choosing. One that I saw today said, "Possum, the other white meat". Also, Sunday around 9 a.m. is a wonderful time to do the grocery shopping. Eventually we'll have to find a church and shop with everyone else in the afternoon, but we haven't yet.