Labor Day

On Labor Day we were able to go up to Pawleys Island and visit with our good friends Candi and Jim Wilson and their daughter Laura who is about 5 months older than Alice. The Wilsons live in Macon, GA and it was so good to be able to spend the day with them...we wish they were closer! The boys played some Bocci ball while the tots chased the balls down the beach and the moms sat and chatted.

Robert took Alice on a couple of wagon rides...which she loved, that is until the 4th or 5th ride that she objected to heartily. We later found the reason why...she had a bruised bummy from a quarter-sized raised spot in the bottom of the wagon! The bruise was a perfectly round spot and had us baffled for a couple of hours. Laura (as you can see by the 2 middle/right photos) did not want anything to do with being inside the wagon. I can't say that I blame her after seeing Alice's bum.

Bluegrass and BBQ festival

August 31st we went to Boone Hall Plantation to listen to some good music and have some good eats. We met up with several of our good friends and enjoyed a beautiful, although a little hot, Charleston day picnicing and playing.

Alice had fun drenching herself with the waterbottle, she actually did a pretty good job drinking from it...but I think it was more fun for her to spill it.

Playgroup at the Beach

One of the biggest perks of living in Charleston is that we get to have playgroup at the beach. We met out at Folly Beach and it was so much fun to see all of the little ones doing their thing. It is so cute to see all of their little personalities come out...some of them are timid, some throw caution to the wind, some love the sand and being dirty, some avoiding the sand and water completely. I particularly love the photos of Alice and Neve sitting facing away from each other doing the exact same thing...playing with beach debris. We are going to miss the beach as the weather cools off.

College Football Season Begins

Alice and I surprised Daddy with her Gamecocks t-shirt the Thursday college football football kicked off with USC vs NC State. We went to Granddaddy's house to watch the game (Granddaddy is a Wolfpack alumni). Poor kid hasn't got a chance to pull for a winning team between Clemson and Carolina!

Dresser Drawers

Not quite sure what the allure of the dresser drawers is, but Alice sure does love opening and closing them as well as pulling all of their contents out on the floor. The other week I heard her in her room opening the drawers and went to peek in and see what she was up to...
I found her here grinning at me and scaling the dresser, what a clever little girl!

Granny visits

Granny, Aunt Tootsie and Uncle Hubert came from Lumberton to visit Aug 24th for Cousin Nik's 16th birthday. We got to spend some time with them on the Yemaya. I thought this photo was special: 4 generations of Taylors beginning and ending with Alice and 2 Roberts in the middle!

Ravenel Bridge Picnic

Okay, way back in August we went for a "hike" to the highest point in Charleston...the top of the Ravenel Bridge and had a picnic. Poor Alice had a small reaction to the sunscreen...you'd think that after spending 2 weeks drenched in it in Cayman that we would be in the clear.

It was a beautiful day and I must say that it was probably the coolest place in the city.