Our Girl's 6th Birthday

This year our daughter wanted to "go to the beach" for her birthday like we did for her Daddy's birthday. Well...a few thoughts came to my head:

1. I think you have to be 40 before you get to have a beach trip for your birthday.

2. Our girl is not a big fan of long car rides when traveling.

3. You probably won't be able to swim in late October.

So...we started thinking of places we could go that were relatively close to home, that had an indoor pool, and that wouldn't break the bank.

Here's what we came up with:

A room at the Westin Peachtree Plaza on the 61st floor:

Elevator where you had to insert your room key to access your floor:

View from our room:

Indoor pool with retractable roof:

And...a birthday lunch at The Sundial:


Close to home...check.

Indoor pool...check.

Reasonable rate...check.

We all had a great time, and I think it was a big success with the birthday girl!

Happy Halloween!!

Touchdown

Today was game 7 out of 7 for flag football and cheering for our kids. It was the last game, and our boy made his 1st touchdown of the season! After he scored, he ran to his dad on the field and gave him a big hug! :) I missed getting a pic of the touchdown, but here's our boy getting a flag (kinda hard to see on this small pic)!

Here's another good action shot:

We played at the big stadium today. Here are the girls after their "stunt" for half-time:
We had our end-of-season party after the game. Krispy Kreme football-shaped doughnuts=yum!

The kids were so excited about their trophies too. Thanks Aunt T for your talent with the boys' trophies! They turned out great!

It was a great day for football!

Hot Wings: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

Well...leave it to Phineas and Ferb.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz got my boy set on the idea that he needed to eat some hot wings. He's been asking for them for over a week. On Sunday, we finally got the boy some hot wings.

He gave them a thumbs DOWN!!! He ended up eating some of my burger and letting the wings lie. How do you like this pic of him with the wings burning his lips? I guess that was a good lesson that you don't need everything you see on TV!

Football, Friends, and Fun

We started our fun with flag football. Here's Coach Hubby with our boy and one of our girl too:

Then we met our friends from college with their 3 children.

Enjoying some ice cream:

Here are the dads below...this could be a UGA ad or a Nike ad. We're just glad the Dawgs finally pulled through with a win on Saturday against Tennessee! Go Dawgs!

Bernard

This weekend our girl is in charge of the class mascot, Bernard the Bear, for her Kindergarten class. She is, needless to say, VERY excited! We've kept him very busy during his time with us:

Eating pizza

Brushing his teeth

Visiting with family (Can I get a shout-out for Aunt Pam who was here visiting from Michigan!?!?!?!)

And trying on shoes (don't tell him I put his pic on the web in a dress and pink shoes):

Wonder what Bernard's day with entail tomorrow?

Hmmmm...Mama better get a head start typing up a report of our events for the class to read on Monday!

Field Trip

Our Kindergarten classes went on a field trip for a real wildlife experience! The kids got to pet and feed deer, goats, rabbits, donkeys, and many other animals. Here's our girl with a couple of the many deer we saw.

These guys were funny! Looked like they were singing because they were moving their mouths so much while begging for food.

Ok...this guy below...nasty! He was sitting on the fence eating near the buffalo. It's not a great picture...which is a good thing. Poor guy's head was all swollen and yucky...makes me a little sickish just thinking about it!

Now this guy...cute! Look at him holding our cracker like he's driving a car!
We had a great time, and it was perfect fall weather! Hooray for field trips!