Our first trip to Charleston, SC! Part 1

After considering writing my own blog for years, but never doing it for one reason or another, I have finally decided to write it! I've wanted to write one for several reasons over the years, but the biggest couple of reasons are to 1. be able to reach out to other moms and generally connect to more people on this platform and 2. be able to look back on our lives in a more detailed way than Instagram. I love looking at past pictures on my Instagram account, but I usually only post one picture out of however many I took of something. Here, I'll put up more pictures and details of what we're up to as a family :) Speaking of my family, I'll write an "About Me" post a little later down the road, but for right now, I have a feeling anyone reading this already knows the basics about me, Matt, and the kids - haha. With all that being said, we went to Charleston, SC for the first time this past weekend and had an absolute BLAST! This past Monday, Matt and I decided we needed to get out of the frigid Northern VA weather, so we booked an Airbnb right then and there and took the kiddos down for a long weekend. 

We woke up bright and early on Friday and headed straight toward Sullivan's beach after breakfast. Part of the dock was flooded on our walk there, so Matt took his shoes off and carried us across one by one!

Honestly, it was so chilly out both days (mid-50s were the highs) that we didn't think we'd get in the water. But, surprisingly neither of the kids cared and would've run in and out of the water all day if we let them!

After the beach, we went shopping on King Street - I finally got to see the Lake Pajama flagship store  in person and it was gorgeous! I've been a fan of their pjs for a couple of years now - once you buy your first pair, you're addicted. I wound up picking up matching Valentine's sets for Hannah and me while we were there!

We ate at Kickin' Chicken while we were still on King Street and had to try one of their Charleston-brewed beers (Holy City Pilsner) they had on tap - loved it!

I personally couldn't wait to check out the famous pineapple fountain! Just as beautiful in person as it is in pictures.

When I say that we ate our way through Charleston, I'm not kidding. We loved Taco Boy! It had such a cool atmosphere and was great for the kids :) I had their pineapple-infused margarita and Mexican street corn - so good!! I'm planning on covering our trip in two parts since we were only there for two full days and wound up fitting so much into that little amount of time. I hope you guys enjoyed reading about our weekend - let me know if you have any more recommendations for places to go/ things to do in Charleston! We already booked our next trip down there - haha!

-Alex-