Adventures in Greenville!

So on the occasional relatively warm day in a winter that doesn't seem to want to end we hit the road in search of a park or playground!  Here are some highlights from a few of our favorite finds thus far.

 

While Greenville has the Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport it also has a small airport used by local pilots and small businesses.  This little airport has a restaurant and a playground just off (and I mean just off) the runway.  It is truly a family experience.  I think Brett enjoyed watching the little airplanes taking off and landing as much as the kids loved the playground and riding (or being pushed) around the little track!  Plus after playing a while we sat down for a yummy lunch where we could continue our airplane viewing.  Definitely one of our favorite new places to go! 

 

 

 

The girls and I also recently joined some friends for our first visit to the Greenville Zoo.  The zoo is located in downtown so its also a pretty drive through a beautiful, historical area. While I personally think the zoo is more like a large park with animals that shouldn't be in a park (like giraffe and cheetah) it certainly makes for a nice walk through a pretty area.   After strolling through the zoo we stopped to play on the massive playgrounds located just outside the zoo's entrance.  While it doesn't compare with the zoos of bigger cities (like Dallas or Ft Worth) the Greenville Zoo and Cleveland Park is definitely another one of our new favorite places to go!





 

 

 



Last week was Hello Kitty tattoo week at Casa De Faulkner.  Though Kate had the most tattoos even Brett got in on the action!  Only to be heckled at the gym...









My sweet baby is growing up so fast.  I notice this most when I see Anna Clare doing, or trying to do, something she sees her sister do.  And doing it a whole lot earlier than super-timid Kate ever did it.    Like climb a ladder to get to the top of a slide (which Kate wouldn't do until she was 3), or ride Kate's scooter (which Kate only recently became comfortable riding), or grab for my phone and, my personal favorite, take a selfie.  Yes, both my girls are quite fond of the camera... Thankfully Anna Clare hasn't yet figured out how to take photos of herself while running away with my phone and leaving me with about 20 shots of a half-smiling face!