Getting Settled in Georgia

We arrived to Columbus, GA on December 29 and spent most of January getting settled.  I found my way to the grocery store, shopping center, and Target (priorities, right?).  I worked on my new role as a stay-at-home mom (I still am) and worked on getting Levi on a schedule somewhat.  Luke worked on getting used to being a big brother and learning what big brothers do.  I think Levi learned he was really stuck with us as his family.  Drew learned all about being in the Army (or something like that).  We learned to make Georgia feel like home as much as was possible. 

We found a great little Christian school pretty close to our home and decided to send Luke 2-3 days a week to keep him on a schedule, keep him socialized, etc.  They sent a folder home every weekend with "homework" in it.  I just had to take a picture of his first homework.

We took Luke to the Space Center here it town.  He loved to play on the simulators but he also got to see his first IMAX movie.  It was about the stars and it was set in Sesame Street.  Pretty cute stuff.

Luke still didn't want to make physical contact with Levi at this point.

We were driving around one of our first days in Columbus and saw this sign.  Awesome.

There is this cute little restaurant close to Columbus.  It's called The Farmhouse and it's in a little old house in the country.  It's real home cooking and only open on Fridays and Saturdays.  They also have animals and gardens on the property.  It's a really neat place to go.  One of the funnest things we've done in Georgia is finding interesting eateries.  I feel a future post about it all coming eventually.

A favorite place of ours became Callaway Gardens.  We first discovered it in January.  It was a little cold on our first trip but we went many times while in Georgia.  It's a huge nature reserve with lakes, a beach, trails, a butterfly house, and much more.  It was always free for military families and was a nice place to go to get away for a while.  They'll be future posts about it as well I'm sure.

When we found out we would be going to Georgia for a little while, we had a goal of getting out and doing  lots of things as a family.  It seemed like we were never able to get away in Colorado much due to Drew's job and we regret not experiencing a lot of things while there.  We knew Drew's schedule would be pretty easy and predictable at Ft. Benning so we really wanted to take advantage of some leisure time.  After settling in, we think we did a pretty good job in the months to follow of being adventurous in Georgia.

(January 2011)