Imagine It! Children’s Museum of Atlanta

One of our first days in Atlanta, Terry, Steve, Penny and I headed downtown to the Imagine It Museum.  It is geared towards toddlers and it was amazing.  Penny had so much fun learning about recycling, saving energy and playing.  She apparently inherited Steve’s ability to act and was part of a show.  Afterwards, we decided to go to the CNN building for lunch.  On our way through the park, we encountered the fountains (see previous post).  Luckily I had brought a spare set of clothes so Penny was able to play in the water.  She had so much fun, we couldn’t wait to go back, which we did with Mary Jane when we went to the aquarium.

One of Penny’s best days, ever!

One of our last days in Connecticut was probably Penny’s favorite day.  It started off with a boat ride to to other side of the river, then apple picking and then we headed to the carousel one last time.  It was a great day, beautiful weather, and Penny is still talking about it!  Can’t wait for next year!!

Georgia Aquarium

The last time we were in Atlanta, when Penny was around 4 months old, we visited the aquarium. We had such a great time, we’ve been looking forward to bringing Penny back ever since.

Penny last time-

This year-

After the aquarium, we headed over to Olympic Park.  This time we were prepared and brought a swimsuit for Penny (actually 2).  Penny loved running around in the fountains.  It was a wonderful day!

Catching up on Atlanta

while we were visiting with the Margheim’s we were able to go to Fernbank Museum of Natural History.  Penelope really enjoyed seeing all the dinosaurs and animals as did the adults.  There was a great interactive room that Penny had fun exploring.  To top off our wonderful day, we then headed on for lunch at The Varsity, a well known Atlanta diner.  What a perfect day!

Granny Love

While in Atlanta not only did Penny love visiting with her grandparents, but she also was able to visit with her great-grandma, “Granny”.  Penny had so much fun playing at Granny’s, Granny even threw her a belated birthday party.  We can’t wait to go back to visit everyone!  Thanks again Granny for such a nice time!!

Penny’s favorite mode of transportation, getting a ride from Granny-

Penny was happy to find that Granny’s complex had some games-

Family breakfast-

Granny taking Penny to meet some of her friends-

Granny found that Penny was a little to heavy to push so Penny made do and grabbed on to Granny while they walked around-

Penny showing Granny mommy’s new ipad-

Birthday party time-

I love this picture!  I think it shows how much fun Penny and Granny are having together and how happy they make each other!

My new camera has this neat function that allows you to pick one color to focus on then the rest in black and white- here was my first attempt-

Bandit

While we were in Atlanta, Penny got to meet Grandma and Grandpa’s dog Bandit.  They became fast friends and loved playing with each other and all their toys.  Penny’s favorite part was playing in Bandit’s crate.  Miss you Bandit!

Callaway Gardens

Over Labor Day weekend, while we were in Georgia, we were lucky enough to go to Callaway Gardens which had it’s annual hot air balloon festival (thank you again, Mary Jane and Terry!)  We had an amazing time- we got to ride in a hot air balloon, we saw thousands of butterflies, beautiful flora and fauna, and got to all be together.  It was a magical experience that we all enjoyed especially seeing it through Penelope’s eyes.  She is still talking about the “hot air balloon that goes up and down, wheeee” daily.  Hope you enjoy the pics!

A post from CT

While we were home visiting my parents we were lucky enough to get to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.  To celebrate we went to Great Grandma’s for the afternoon, where she broke into her secret champagne stash that she thought was at least 50 years old.  Unfortunately the champagne had gone bad but we had a great time together.  We then headed to the Hopkins Inn for a nice dinner.  The only bad part of the day was that it was pouring rain but we had a great time all together and since we don’t get much rain here in Chile it was a nice change.

Fiesta!

Nothing says good times like combining the Foley’s, Margheim’s, Resig’s and Grady’s with margaritas!

Big girl, big bike!

Thanks Aunt Pat and Uncle Bob for the cool bike, with Grams’ help I can use it, I bet next year I’ll be able to use it all by myself!  LOVE YOU!