On Saturday we went to a birthday party, we work fast huh? :) I joined a meet-up group here and one of the ladies had a birthday party for her son. She invited the other mommies in the group to bring their kids, so we went. I thought it would be a nice way to meet some new people and get out of the hotel!! She had the party at a place here on post called the Tree House. It is a neat place for kids here. It has a small area for little kids Jacob's age and a bigger area with slides and all sorts of climbing aparatus for the older kids. Giselly took a while to warm up and was content to sit outside the door and collect stray balls for a while. Once she felt comfortable she was off! She had a blast! Jacob had a grand old time too. At one point I had to practically dive across the floor to grab him though because he decided to climb on top of a table instead of the area meant for climbing. Luckily for him (me), it was a short kids table, so he hadn't gotten too high :). The ladies I met were super nice and I can't wait until we get settled so I can get to know them better.
Today we went on the search for Target. It is in Savannah. It was such a gorgeous day, when we actually found Target, we kept driving! We wanted to see what else was around. We found two malls and lots of nice places to eat whenever we manage to get a date night ;). We ended up going to one of the malls and walking around for a bit, then hopped back in the car on the search for historic Savannah. We found it and were so excited! Historic Savannah is beautiful!!! We didn't get out and walk because we did not even come prepared for a stop there. We just drove around and took in the view. We also made plans for every where we wanted to check out when we go back. We have to buy a good stroller before we go back though. Right now we just have one of those cheapo umbrella ones for Jacob, I know Selly would tire quickly of walking around. There were so many cute little stores and wonderful looking places to eat. I didn't see Paula Dean's restaurant, but I looked really hard. We did see a Five Guy's. Which if you have never been to one is probably the best hamburger joint I have ever been too. If they would have had easier parking, we would have stopped there. Lopez and I used to eat at a Five Guy's in Maryland all the time when we lived there. We LOVE it and were really disappointed that there wasn't one close to us in Rock Hill. So it is a little drive and we have to figure out where the heck to park, but at least we know where it is.
On the way back to the hotel we had to stop and get something to eat. We pulled into a shopping center that had two places to eat, a Pita sandwich shop and a pizza joint. Well, I am sure you all know where we went. The pizza joint of course :). I am so glad we did. The place was awesome!! The service was incredible. They even ended up giving us Giselly's meal for free, just because they don't sell pizza by the slice after 4 pm! We told them she couldn't eat a whole large pizza by herself (duh), so they made her a little tiny pizza and gave it to us for free. It was delicious. So good we saved the address on the GPS thing so we could go back on another trip.
When we got back to post, Lopez took Selly to the hotel playground and they stayed for an hour. She was so excited when she came back in because there were some kids for her to play with. I think she is really missing her pre-school in Rock Hill. She cried almost every day when she had to go, but she always had so much fun! She has such a tender little heart and gets her feelings hurt easily if someone won't play with her or someone hits her. It sticks in her mind forever! Sometimes we worry about her.
So, one thing you will see (if you don't already know this about me) is that I can never make up my mind about anything. That is one reason I haven't made it through college yet. I changed my major about 5 times! Anyhow, I think I have decided that I will still do the home daycare, even though Lopez may be leaving in Nov. I decided that it will be a great way for me to bring in some money and spend time with the kids. Plus it will help me keep my mind focused on something positive instead of the pending deployment. I tend to get things stuck in my head and that is all I can think about. Instead of dwelling on him leaving or being gone, I will focus on the day care and my kiddos. The army will train me (again, I had a home daycare in Fort Richardson) and help me set my daycare up. It is hard work, but it makes pretty good money. I have learned from my mistakes though and will not have any infants. In Fort Richardson I kept 3 infants and about lost my mind! I hope to get 2-3 children over the age of 18 months. That way Jacob will be the only baby. Plus I already have appropriate toys for the older ages. I am hoping that the income from the daycare will help get us caught up on our bills and allow us to have a good visit with Kevin and Javy this summer.
Just be warned that tomorrow I may have a completely different plan!
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Evelyn....so glad that you're getting settled into the area. Isn't Savannah gorgeous? You'll definitely have to go to River Street one evening when you can watch the ships go by in the river and listen to the street musicians play. They have a playground/sandbox area for the kids down there too. Ohhh and there's a great park downtown for your next visit...Forsyth Park.
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