Thursday, December 3, 2009

Saturday- Henry.


On Saturday, we all headed to our favorite tourist spot in South Carolina- the train tunnel!

We forgot our flashlights, but we were fearless as we headed in alone.

It was bright enough that we could see all the way to the back of the tunnel (sort of). We had to hold Gram's hands because she didn't like not being able to see the bumpy ground.

We played on the train car for a while and Uncle Adam and Aunt Girl got goofy.

Papa showed Sadie how to steer.

Then we headed down the mountain to the waterfall.

Sadie and I are best buds. She loves hanging out with me and trying to do what I can do.

In case you forgot what it looked like here's Issaqeena Falls.

We were spell bound.

Watch out below!

I kept a firm grip on Sadie so she couldn't fall. (Don't worry though, from this lookout, the farthest drop was only about 5 feet.)

Papa took all the grown-ups down under the falls while mama and Grams watched the kids. I watched the girls with Grams and made sure they didn't fall off the path or in any water. It took the grown-ups a long time because they got stuck behind two middle-aged women who didn't have any business climbing down steep paths.

Aunt Kate and her girls.

On our walk back to the car, we stopped in at the gazebo that is built out on a pond.


Papa had some music on his cell phone, so we all decided to have an impromptu dance party. Sadie and I are pretty good; June is more of a mellow dancer.

The girls showed off some theatrical dancing (down on one knee- Aunt Katie thinks Sadie saw it on Dancing with the Stars). I wanted Sadie to come sit on the bench by Grams, but eventually the music moved me and I had to bust a move.


Then I showed everyone how a ballerina dances.

Finally, June stopped to peel bark off a tree. Fascinating.

You can't drive to Stumphouse without stopping in Wallhalla (holla!) at mama's favorite cafeteria for some delicious fried chicken. What a great day.

Mama also wants me to tell you about how great my Aunt Girl is. I'm not a big talker (I know it's surprising) when it comes to things I do at school. But get me around Aunt Girl and I spill my guts. On our way to visit a drive-through light show (no pictures, sorry), Aunt Girl got me talking about a lot of things. I told her about the projects we make in school and about my "special buddy" Joshua. I told her that Joshua and I like to play "Alligators." We pretend to be alligators and run around pretending to eat everyone else in our class. Mama doesn't think the girls like this game very much because today I told her that all of my friends at school are boys. I don't like girls at school because they aren't nice. Mama has seen the girls that go to my school. They wear alot of knee-high boots, tights, and white sweater dresses. It's not that they aren't nice, we just don't think that those kind of girls are the kind who'd want to take part in the carnage that goes along with being eaten by an alligator.

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