Getting out of town

Charleston Food & Wine Festival!

Omar had to go to Germany for a week for work, so I took the opportunity to take the girls over to Charleston for a long weekend.  We spent two nights having a "sleepover" with the Tufts and then three nights with Pop-E and Mama-J.  As a bonus, Omar was able to change his flight to fly home via Charleston, so he joined us for the second half of the trip! As an even bigger bonus, Mama-J and Pop-E offered to watch the girls so we could go out to dinner downtown Saturday night and to the Charleston Food & Wine Festival on Sunday. HUGE thanks to them for that, particularly since the week leading up to it was one of the most stressful in recent memory.

Pop-E with his girls

The weather over the weekend was fantastic so we spent it all outside, visiting several local parks and going on a nice long walk which included a stop at a toy store for EJ - she was thrilled. 

Taking the babies out for a walk!
(Note: EJ's "baby" is her lamby)

Beautiful day at the park!

Daddy's shoulders are the best!

Silliness with Mama-J

Paddle-boat ride!

As usual EJ, Brayden, and Peyton were like three peas in a pod and had an absolute blast together. They are so similar and play really well together, so it was a ton of fun. Plus there isn't much better than catching up with my oldest and dearest friend 

Nora gets to know Aunt Kristen and BFF Peyton

Three tiny troublemakers.

The three of them spent a lot of time filling Peyton's crob with EVERY.SINGLE.STUFFED ANIMAL in the house, then hiding under it all. So cute.

It was a wonderful weekend and a nice end to an otherwise very stressful week!