After leaving Ohio, we traveled south to Edisto Island, SC, where we met our friends Christa and Alex. It is a pretty little island that is very laid back, which is just how we like it.
We built sand castles.
Ate ice cream.
Swam in the pool.
And hung out with good friends.
(Christa and Alex were forced into multiple games of Cheese Touch with my children. Sorry 'bout that.)Others of us simply sought out the shade.
Some of us also liked to hang out at the condo.
The boys loved to play in the ocean.
While Kate preferred to stay close to me.
This was as close as she would get to the water without tears.
On Monday we drove into Charleston. The kids were only interested in staying at the beach, but I got them into the car with promises of horse-drawn carriage rides and ice cream. We delivered on the ice cream, but the carriage ride was not to be. It turns out that the horses go home if it gets up to 98 degrees, and it was well over that all week long. Instead, we ate at a deli, where Kate had some yummy (and hot) chicken and dumplings.
By then, the kids were melting, so we put them back in the car and drove them down to the Battery.
Tim insisted that it would be fun to get a picture of the kids sitting on the cannon, but Kate was not in agreement.
Then we tried to go to the Children's Museum, but it was closed. Bummer. So we got back in the car and drove to Magnolia Gardens, a plantation outside of the city.
For some reason, I thought that plantation/garden = shade=lower temperatures. But it was so stinking hot that not even the shade was cool. I couldn't bring myself to lifting my arm to take a picture, so you will have to do without.
(Note to self: Do not take three young children to Charleston when it is 100 degrees outside. Everyone will be miserable.)
We really did have a great time at Edisto, even though it felt like we were on the sun a good portion of the week. But that's what the beach is for, after all.
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