Dolphin Tales

AT&T is sponsoring a new exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium and Kevin was given tickets for a sneak preview today.  It was an amazing experience!  There was face painting, photos and lots of fun.  We started in the Grand Ballroom, which is a cool room in and of itself.  The walls are the actual tanks.  We got to see lots of fish up close and personal.  The new exhibit, Dolphin Tales, is a spectacular show.  The auditorium seats 1,800 people and it was packed with AT&T employees and their families.  We felt like we were in Sea World.  If you get the chance to see it, it’s a must-see.  Out of all the wonderful things we saw today, Ryan exclaimed his favorite part was the divers.  Yep, the divers that were in the tanks cleaning and feeding the fish.  So funny.  I have to say they did come over and wave to the kids at the glass.  One of them even blew them a kiss.  They made quite an impression.  It was a super day and we look forward to going back again soon.

I’m glad we got a few shots of the “divers”!


This is the one that blew kisses!









 
 
 

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Botanical Gardens

Last weekend we made a trip to the Botanical Gardens and we hit it on the perfect day for seeing the tulips!  They were truly amazing!  The weather was spectacular and we were with our good friends The Coles.  It was a perfect day.  We followed up our visit to the gardens with a picnic in Piedmont Park.  What a fun fun day!
 




Lately, Riley and Avery look more like twins than Riley and Ryan



Ryan went “fishing” in the fountain

He would have been in the fountain if it weren’t for me making his stay out…


Ryan didn’t want to be in the family photos

We talked him into 1 picture, but he was still not into it

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Theme Week

There have been several theme days at school lately.  There was PJ Day…complete with pig-tails!  I beg Riley each and every morning to wear a bow, ponytail or pig-tails and this morning she finally “let” me!  I cannot believe how very cute she looks!!!  I wish she would “let” me do this every day, but I can only wish…

 
 


March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday, so everyone came dressed as their favorite storybook character.  We sent Cinderella and Woody off on their way for a fun-filled day.  It was quite amusing to see all the “characters” in full costume on the playground when I arrived to pick them up.
 
 


 

This past weekend we had 4 birthday parties.  Yes – 4 – wow!  Due to the weather one was cancelled and quite honestly, I don’t know how we could have made it through 3 in 1 day.  We were exhausted after just 2 parties, but boy did we have fun!

The day started with Margaret’s 2nd birthday party at “The Music Class”.  It was a great party!  It took Ryan a little while to warm up.  I couldn’t figure out why and then I looked around the room.  He was one of just a few boys in a room full of cutey-pie little girls.  This is something I’ve never seen bother him, but once he warmed up, he totally forgot he was was of the only boys!  He had so much fun with the instruments – especially the drums!

 
 
 
After a quick meal and cake, came the highlight of the day…running around in circles with the older kids.  There was great joy on their faces as they literally ran in circles and then fell on the floor in laughter.
Just goes to show you don’t need much to entertain this crew!



After we came home and napped, we headed up to Alpharetta for Colin’s 4th birthday party.  It was a cooking party and everyone got their own apron with their name on it!
 
They made their own english muffin pizzas…



and then got to decorate their own cupcakes!





Something I’ve never really celebrated is Fat Tuesday, but this year the kiddos were super-excited about the big Mardi Gras parade.  They were excited about wearing beads and most of all about wearing “scary masks”! 
 
I was excited about the new boots I bought Riley.  Since all Riley wants to wear these days are dresses, I had to “convince” her to wear jeans.  It just wouldn’t be right to wear them with anything else.  Once convinced, she was quite cute and quite excited herself!


These were the “scary masks” they’ve been talking about.  I don’t think they are very scary at all!  Just cute cute cute!
 



We came home with LOTS of beads!

They LOVE Mr. Homero that works at the school.  They literally squeal when they see him.  He loves to throw them up in the air. 





 



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