Monday, July 5, 2010

Savannah, GA---With Kids...

My parents finally made it down to Savannah (still no truck but thanks to a friend of ours loaning them their SUV) on Thursday afternoon. We were so excited to see the kiddies! We all went to The Pirate House for dinner...a tourist attraction but fun for the kids. The house is actually the oldest house in Savannah, dating back to 1753. Here are all cousins together...
The kid's menu turned into a pirate hat to provide endless entertainment for all! Timo is all about pirates now...he walks around saying "I am a pirate...Ahoy Matey!"

Kenzie was the only one who took the whole menu apart and really became a pirate!
Our hotel wasn't the most kids friendly hotel but we made it work. When we originally made the reservations, the kids were going to be staying with my parents in their travel trailer the whole week...but again, because Daddy's truck was in the shop, no camper and the kids ended up in the hotel with us! But we made the best of the situation. Can you say room service!
We were doing the "family bed" while there because we only had one king size bed in the room. The kids are out of their cribs so I knew portable cribs wouldn't work. The king bed was plenty big enough and it was actually nice sleeping all together, getting snuggle time with the kids (except for Timo's snoring!). At naptime, either Young or I would lay down with the kids and usually fall asleep too!
One of the days, just as we got into the pool, a big thunderstorm came up and we had to come inside. The kids were upset so we decided to turn the big bathtub into a pool for them.
And let's not forget, saving a little time for dancing in the hotel room!



We got to do some sightseeing tours as a family on the cable car. Here are all the parents and kids lined up down the car. We also did quite a bit of walking around the historical district just looking at all the cool history. It was so hot...and I'm so proud of the kids for walking so much and really being on their best behavior.

One of the highlights was going to the GA Railroad Museum. Again, it was so hot, and most of the the museum was outside but that didn't really seem to bother the kids. They just ran from train to train. Here is our "where's Waldo" pic...the trains were massive! Can you find Timo?
We got to duck inside for a few of the exhibits, like the model train sets. Then it was on to more engines and rail cars...whoo hoo!
Climbing all over trains on a hot day requires some frozen refreshments! A little pit stop while we waited for our train ride to start.
They offered a diesel train ride which was really cool because it started in the roundabout. We got to turn around in two different directions. The kids loved practicing their "chugga chugga choo choo" while riding. What a great morning out! You can see why the kids (and mommy and daddy) just passed out each day for a nap!

I don't have pictures of it because it was a night, but we also took the kids on a night horse and carriage ride. We tried to take a few pics but they just turned out dark. Savannah turned out to be a very kids friendly city...I would highly recommend it to anyone with toddlers!

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