Slip slidin' away

A shower for Sue

Our friends, Susan and Todd, are having their first son, Ethan James, this October. I went to a shower last weekend to celebrate baby boy's upcoming arrival.


As delicious as it is darling...



Susie Q getting some advice from Lacy



The benefit of naming baby before he/she is born- monogrammed gifts.



Todd's "Proud Dad" hat



High school friends/ party guests

Up up and away

There is an airport in Atlanta with a playground where kids can play while watching the planes and helicopters take off and land. It is called the Peachtree DeKalb airport (PDK) and its traffic involves small aircraft, personal planes, chartered flights, etc. It is actually much busier than I expected it to be. Makes for a very fun morning at the park.




After playing on the playground, we had lunch at the restaurant overlooking the airfield (Is that what it is called?). I loved it. We are thinking about having Sammy's birthday party at the playground there this year.

Baby's 1st salon haircut

She was totally fine with it once they turned on a cartoon and gave her a lollipop and toy. Ah, bribery; it works every time!

Touch a Truck

We had the opportunity to go to a Touch a Truck event, where we got to meet police officers, firefighters, even SWAT team members and learn about their equipment and what they do to help the community. At first Sam & Lily were not very excited:



Then we saw the bomb detecting robot which was AWESOME...



Then Mama tried on the firefighter's helmet



...and they loosened up. Sam actually got on the police motorcycle.



Lily looks pretty comfy up there!




Touch a Truck was so cool. The kids got to see and climb on police motorcycles, a fire truck, and a SWAT team truck. We met a dog trained to sniff out explosives and a robot used to disarm explosives. So amazing! The only bummers were the police horses could not come because it was too hot (not a huge surprise) and the helicopter couldn't land. For the past twenty years, the police landed their helicopter in the park for Touch a Truck but couldn't this year because the trees had grown too big. Oh well, great for a beautiful shady park, not so great for small children anticipating climbing all over a real helicopter. I am not sure who was more disappointed, the kids or me. Actually, I'm pretty sure it was me.

Surprise!

Andy surprised us last week and came home from work early. That is a big deal for us!!!!!! We took advantage of his free time and all went to the pool. It was such a treat. The kids loved having extra time with Daddy and I was pretty happy too. :)

All dressed up and no place to go