Kick-off to School!

I cannot believe it is time for our first baby girl to start Kindergarten!  We are so excited to see how Sarah Anne is going to grow and the special plan God has for her!  We have the privilege of homeschooling and we are all SO excited to start.  Sarah Anne is a sponge and loves to learn and I look forward to watching her continue to grow!  So we wanted to do something a little special to "kick off" our school year.  Matt took Friday off and then last week we decided to turn it into a special trip and we went to Greenville.  For Matt and I, Greenville is a very special place because it is where we met, fell in love, and got engaged.  So we planned a trip to show the girls some of our favorite places and also planned lots of fun things for them to do.  The night before we went we wrapped clues in tissue paper and before we went to each place they unwrapped it to see where we were going.  We walked a TON, but had a blast.  We went to North Greenville, Furman (walked around the lake and Becca was fully convinced the bell tower was "Minnerella's Castle" so she RAN the whole trail to get there), the Greenville Zoo, swam in the pool, found the mice, went to the Children's Museum, the Falls Park, and the Jack and Annie exhibit at the Upstate Museum.  It was a wonderful time and after all the craziness we have gone through the last few months it was wonderful to connect as a family of 4.  One night Becca had us all laughing so hard we were crying and could barely breathe.  It was such a special and fun time and now we are ready for Kindergarten!!

Had a pit stop at Chick Fil A first!

Opening the first present (to be fair we played a game I thought of a number (3) and the one closest to it got to open first, Becca guessed 6 and SA 8)

Wish I had guessed 3!

What is this?

First stop NGU!

Pretty girl

At the prayer chapel

Our sweet family!

At the bell

Becca's favorite..."posies"

Sarah Anne was enthralled by the Jesus statue

On to place #2

Furman  We didn't get it at first, but she was doing her princess courtesy because she saw Minnerella's castle.

Cute girls

Looking at the geese

My castle

Stop #3

The zoo

Sarah Anne was so cute.  She got some goat food and would yell, "Come on Buddy, let's have some food, here's your food Buddy, come on get it"

Becca would just chunk it at them and run

Our little map reader...

Such a big girl!

Love this sweet man

This child loves to take selfies!

Onto the mouse hunt!

The Mouse Hunting face!

At the children's museum

Driving!

Daddy had to try!

Becca can't help but dance when she hears music

All the exhibits and this is where the girls spent the longest time.  Putting tiles on a window

At the Jack and Annie exhibit. It was really awesome and Sarah Anne and I had read all the books that they chose to display!

At Trio's!  Daddy's favorite!

At the park.  Becca was thrilled to see the rocks!

Poises

It was such a wonderful trip and we are looking forward to planning next year's kick-off trip!  SA wants to go to Disney!!