~ March 2008 ~    Heading to Mass on Good Friday       Asleep in Aunt Terri's bed (comfy in the bamboo sheets) on Holy Saturday   The Easter Bunny came!!     Blowing bubbles with Aunt Terri     Dying Easter Eggs
      ~ April 2008 ~   Our little "mariposa" Bella
  "Come on, Mom! I want to get some new books at the library!"
    April 11th Hanging out at the park     April 12th Spending an evening rooting on the Riverdogs against the Rome Braves (and we got a "Pope on a Rope" at the gates!)       April 14th  My lil' Riverdog coloring at the library   April 17th Shopping at Claire's Boutique for new hair accessories   Then lunch at McAlister's Deli and ice cream at the Marble Slab     Later on, learning to ride with the training wheels       April 18th Having an early dinner at The Noisy Oyster with Aunt Terri and Mommy   And goofing while the car is being washed

April 19th Having fun at Boone Hall Plantation's Strawberry Festival     Going for and early dinner at The Noisy Oyster after a day at the Strawberry Festival       April 20th Taking Terri to see the new "Camp Carolina" exhibit at the Aquarium   "Not Enjoyable" ... LOL, NO!     Trying to catch dinner   More Camp Carolina       Peek-a-Bella! (Can you spot her?)   Watching for otters and bottle-nosed dolphins in the Cooper River   Getting pretzels ("Watch him making 'em!")   Going home after a fun day       ~CAMPING 2008~ Friday, April 25th We arrive at the campsite a little after 2 p.m. and Bella immediately puts on her swim suit ... who needs to unpack immediately anway?   Hitting the beach, the fishing pier, and bike riding on the boardwalk
  Unpacked and getting groceries   Bella enjoys her first campfire  
The light attracts a friendly moth to our dinner party
  The tent is up and the air mattresses up and ready ... time to hit the hay! 
Saturday, April 26th Up early and raring to go   Mommy and Pop Pop get a laugh out of feeding the squirrels cookies for breakfast     Too bad I left the laptop back at home! The campground is wired!   Ready to spend the day at the beach with Aunt Terri     Mommy takes photos while Daddy prepares to fish with Pop Pop and Terri and Bella play in the surf and sand   Bella brought gifts of shells and laid them at my feet
More fishing and sandy fun
  Look! Daddy caught something! He caught a crab!! (We let it go)  
  Going to the pier to fish with Daddy and Pop Pop

  Terri takes a break from Bella   Time to head back to the campsite to fix dinner   One of the beautiful trees in the state park
Bella makes a caterpillar friend
  Eating crab legs with Daddy by the campfire   Telling ghost stories
    Sunday, April 27th Back on the pier for some fishing before heading back home  
    Time to pack up and go home   Not exactly a happy ending ... but we still had fun all the same     April 29th Bella displays her Spring Gator Chomp ... GO GATORS! (Football season really will be here before we know it!)