Fish!
Friday, August 25, 2006
Atlanta Adventures
Our annual picnic for my company (formerly Mapgeek’s company), was at Six Flags! That’s hard to pass up when tickets, parking, and food are paid for by the company. Especially since tickets are $50 apiece!!!! And add in $15 for parking and who knows how much for food. It’s so expensive. One interesting observation is the clientele that ventures to Six Flags. Lots of trashy-looking people in lots of wife-beater shirts (men shouldn't advertise underarm hair, especially if they are gonna be sweating – yuck). I assume we have lots of rich people in Georgia to be able to take all their little ones to Six Flags.
We got there in the morning, which was determined after the fact to be the best time to go. However, with the eager waiting for Curleygirl 3.0, I didn’t get to ride anything. But, Mapgeek took Babygirl on her first merry-go-round ride! She loved it! They sat in the car part, rather than on the horses. She’s still a little small for that.
The day after the Six Flags picnic, we packed up the family and went to the Aquarium for Granddaddy P’s birthday. Babygirl loves watching the fish! An interesting observation is how different the crowd was from the Six Flags crowd. I only saw one wife-beater shirt and lots of well dressed and pretty much well behaved people. We all had a great time seeing this wonderful exhibit. I definitely prefer this to Six Flags.
We got there in the morning, which was determined after the fact to be the best time to go. However, with the eager waiting for Curleygirl 3.0, I didn’t get to ride anything. But, Mapgeek took Babygirl on her first merry-go-round ride! She loved it! They sat in the car part, rather than on the horses. She’s still a little small for that.
The day after the Six Flags picnic, we packed up the family and went to the Aquarium for Granddaddy P’s birthday. Babygirl loves watching the fish! An interesting observation is how different the crowd was from the Six Flags crowd. I only saw one wife-beater shirt and lots of well dressed and pretty much well behaved people. We all had a great time seeing this wonderful exhibit. I definitely prefer this to Six Flags.
Monday, August 07, 2006
What will they think of next
Boy oh boy! It is the age for being a parent! Kid distractions at every turn. I have to say, Babygirl will definitely be a TV-watcher. It's the only way to get stuff done. Pop in a 30-minute Elmo or Barney video and you can vacuum, do laundry, fix your lunch, etc. I haven't experienced the Terrible Twos in the grocery yet. Hopefully, Publix will have these things by then!
Fireworks by Smokey (pun intended)
Our next grand adventure was going to the lake house in Kingston, TN for the 4th of July. We headed up there for four days of fun, hillbillies, lots of food, fireworks, and mayflies. The whole clan was there including my grandmother, parents, aunt, her husband, my brother and sister-in-law, and us. Big party with lots of food. LOTS of food.
Granddaddy and Grandmommy bought Babygirl an insane pool-type thing. It had a slide, it squirted, it had moveable parts. Insane! She had a blast with it. We also took the Munchkin out for her first boat ride. The grandparents rented a pontoon for a couple days, which has gates and railing all around. We put a munchkin-sized life jacket on her and away we went. And, she loved it.
The highlight of the trip was firecracker night, which was the 3rd this year (except for some neighbors down the river that thought lighting huge rockets at 2:00 am the night before was a good thing). As it was last year, you gotta love legal firecrackers in hillbilly country. All the rednecks shoot some amazing stuff out over the river. Including us! We all setup our “watchin’ place” by dragging all the deck chairs down by the river. Granddaddy and Uncle Peewee proceeded to light what turned out to be, by comparison a puny stash, out over the river. In between our rockets, we watched an amazing show of booms, and swooshes, and lights directly across the river. Sleepy Babygirl sat on my lap the whole time and flinched and then clapped appropriately. About a half hour later, we realized that it got really light across the river. Then we realized the locals lit something up. Lo and behold, we got to watch half the hillside burn in addition to the awesome fireworks show. I can only imagine that next year’s show will be a disappointment.
Granddaddy and Grandmommy bought Babygirl an insane pool-type thing. It had a slide, it squirted, it had moveable parts. Insane! She had a blast with it. We also took the Munchkin out for her first boat ride. The grandparents rented a pontoon for a couple days, which has gates and railing all around. We put a munchkin-sized life jacket on her and away we went. And, she loved it.
The highlight of the trip was firecracker night, which was the 3rd this year (except for some neighbors down the river that thought lighting huge rockets at 2:00 am the night before was a good thing). As it was last year, you gotta love legal firecrackers in hillbilly country. All the rednecks shoot some amazing stuff out over the river. Including us! We all setup our “watchin’ place” by dragging all the deck chairs down by the river. Granddaddy and Uncle Peewee proceeded to light what turned out to be, by comparison a puny stash, out over the river. In between our rockets, we watched an amazing show of booms, and swooshes, and lights directly across the river. Sleepy Babygirl sat on my lap the whole time and flinched and then clapped appropriately. About a half hour later, we realized that it got really light across the river. Then we realized the locals lit something up. Lo and behold, we got to watch half the hillside burn in addition to the awesome fireworks show. I can only imagine that next year’s show will be a disappointment.
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