On January 2nd, Matt had a day off of work as a day of remembrance for President Ford's funeral. We used the opportunity to visit Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The shots that were fired on
Ft. Sumter to begin the Civil War were fired from Ft. Johnson, which was on the of the campus where Matt works. We realized on the boat ride to Ft. Sumter that it was Sophie's first boat ride. She took the cruise in stride as she ate her lunch as we sailed past the beautiful homes on the harbor. Once we arrived at Ft. Sumter, Sophie ran around and explored. She was fascinated with the canon. In all it was a great lesson in US history for Sophie
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We enjoyed visiting and cycling around Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site today. At the visitor's center, Sophie pointed out a turtle on the wall that was just like the one on her shirt. We walked through the animal forest where there was a river otter exhibit. Sophie enjoyed pointing out the river otters and telling us, "See!"
Later, we visited the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry. Sophie loves to pretend "shop" in the grocery store exhibit there. She loaded up her cart with all the bags of chocolate chips she could find. Did she learn this from watching her Mommy shop at the Piggly Wiggly?
Here Sophie is steering a shrimp trawler into port. Watch out!
