Saturday, June 02, 2007

Vacation to Stone Mountain

I know Jamey will post a lot more on this later, but thought I'd let everyone know we are back from Stone Mountain, Ga. It was a great trip. I haven't been able to spend much time with Avery to watch all the new tricks she can do.

She can now sing (mimic whatever I am singing). She can open the fridge and get her own drink, and occasionally shut the door back. She can speak very well now in sentences (she has stopped using the 3rd person vocabulary she had for awhile). She can recongnize Applebees and other landmarks the Simpson's frequent. She can swim, with floaties, by herself and she doesn't want any help from Daddy.

Now to the trip. We started by going to a farmyard (plastic) which Avery had fun at, but was not a fan of the very loud noises. Next we ventured to the 4D movie theater, which did warn of animals coming off the screen. We went anyway and Avery was doing fine until a snake came at you and hissed. She now has a fear of snakes (even though we convinced her it was just "kissing" her). Next was lunch and then on to the train. Avery loves riding on trains and it was fun. Then we went to the sky lift. Jamey and Avery enjoyed this and I did once we were off the lift.

We saved the part where Avery could pet the animals to this point, as she was beginning to show signs of someone who had not had her nap. She loved petting the goats and sheep and we could have stayed there all day. But on to the Riverboat we went. Avery liked the paddle boats, was not too big a fan of the river boat, but loved feeding the ducks. For all the money we spent we could have saved it all and given her duck food and she would have been happy.

We did go back to watch the fireworks that night and after Avery was convinced no snake was going to come of the lazer show she enjoyed it.

I know I had a great time and I am sure Jamey will post some pictures later...

7 comments:

Stacy said...

Glad you guys had a good trip! Happy Anniversary!!! :)

Lindsay said...

I love Stone Mountain, we used to go there all the time when we lived in GA. Glad you guys enjoyed it!

Roxy Wishum said...

LaWanna's dad used to tell them any rock formation they came across in the state of Georgia was part of Stone Mountain. Now we have expanded that throughout the southeast. It sounds like you had a great trip. As long as you have a destination that allows you to spend time together, its all good.

Jamey said...

A fun time was had by all!

J. Canterbury said...

That was a strong dose of quick thinking about the snake!

"Damage control" is certainly in the job description of a parent.

Nice work!

Lerra said...

Great. Now every time Avery sees a skake, she'll want to kiss it. :-)

Glad y'all had fun!!

Kat Simpson said...

WooHoo! Great fun and great info about my fabulous Granddaughter!

Miss you,
Mama