America with George * Salem, South Carolina * another green dragon

For the next few weeks I am going to be using this space to communicate with my kids, 
please excuse the change of tone and content. George is Jude's stuffed dragon.

I found a kindred spirit in Arleigh this afternoon. Grammy is quite the collector of Halloween costumes... she has a closet full of them... one for almost every occasion. Arleigh was quite the green dragon. Her shiny, iridescent wings ALMOST made me jealous... but don't worry, we're cool.

It was a bittersweet day in South Carolina. Bittersweet is an expression that means happy and sad at the same time. It was a happy day, because we had a lot of FUN hanging out with each other... but it was sad because we won't get to be together again for a while.

We started the day with a nice walk around Grammy and Papa's neighborhood. There are so many hills... I got tired of walking and decided to fly home. We floated in the water until our skin got pruney. Mom had another root beer... but this time she added a bunch of bluebell ice cream and had a root beer float - yum yum yum!

Grammy and Papa made a really nice meal and we sat around the table for a really long time enjoying each others company. After diner, drinks, dessert, and a little bit more dessert... we had dessert and then we played games. After games mom had a little bit more dessert. Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla  and salted caramel hot fudge is a little bit hard to resist. Arleigh LOVED eating her first ice cream sandwich. Maggie - everyone was laughing about the first time you had an ice cream sandwich... they said you ate it so fast that you almost didn't have time to breath. We are heading to the Lone Star State in the morning. We miss you guys!

Love,
George