Spring Break, Part 2

After one night at the Stone Mountain Marriot (double full beds, yikes!), we packed up and headed into the city.

First stop, Georgia Aquarium.

We walked right in to the sea lion show, which I think is a new attraction at the aquarium, and it was so cool! We all loved it!

We spent close to three hours there, including snack time, and even though it was majorly crowded and we couldn't get in to see the dolphin show, we had a great time! The kids were more than ready to leave after three hours, but not before a stop to the gift shop.

After we bought our stuffed sea lion and dolphin, we checked into our hotel and took the shuttle to Phipps Plaza (hello lovah!). We had lunch at Johnny Rockets, shopped a little, then hit up Legoland.

 

Instead of playing on the equipment, Lu decided to build a tower as tall as her.  It got knocked over a few times and let's just say Lu doesn't handle frustration well, but we finally got it standing and a smile to boot, so I say all's well that ends well.

That night, we walked to Maggiano's for dinner. Lu was in a MOOD, but we still managed to have a nice dinner.

After dinner we walked over to Lenox Mall and had Sprinkles for dessert.

 One night at the Embassy Suites (separate sleeping areas! Yay!), and breakfast buffet and we were on the road again.

We went to Alpharetta to check out the American Girl store. I think Nick and Z were in there about 2.5 seconds before they beelined to the Gamestop across the way (nice placement!).

Lu's not huge into AG, but she does have a Bitty Baby, who was in need of some new PJ's and apparently a food processor (which frankly does NOTHING, but Nunna gave them money to buy presents and that's what she wanted).

Z ended up trading in a couple of games and getting a couple new ones. We had a food court lunch and headed home! The weather on Saturday was gorgeous, which made driving a lot more pleasant on the way home. It was a nice weekend away, and I figure we have about 730 days before we have to make that "trip" again....

Spring Break 2016

Spring Break always seems perfectly timed, long enough after Christmas break, but still far from summer. This year, it was much needed, so we were glad we had decided to take a little weekend trip to Stone Mountain and Atlanta.

We weren't leaving until Thursday, so Z had Nunna camp Monday-Wednesday. Lu weasled her way in by running a fever the weekend before, little stinker.

Yay for Nunna Camp!

Thursday, we left for Stone Mountain and over half of our drive over, it was pouring rain! The plan was to eat a quick lunch and hit Stone Mountain Park as soon as possible, but the rain beat us there. They canceled the gondola rides to the top of the mountain, but we were able to do some of the obstacle course and geyser tower and ride the ducks, which actually turned out to be a lot of fun. Even Lu said she loved riding the ducks. 

They even took turns driving the "duck."

 We finally decided to call it a rainy day on Stone Mountain Park, and got checked into our hotel. We knew if all else failed, we could hit up the indoor pool. And that's exactly what we did. Then it cleared up a bit and we were able to got to the outdoor pool, which made up for what we missed of the park.

After we swam, we got changed and headed to dinner at the hotel restaurant. It cleared up considerably after dinner, so we decided to hang out and walk around outside for a while.

Once the sun set, we decided to get some snacks and head back to the room to watch some TV and turn in for the night. Even though our experience at the park was not what we had planned, Day 1 was still a fun day!