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Easter Weekend

For Easter Weekend this year, the kids got a surprise visit from Grandpa.  Good weekend to come to Atlanta–beautiful weather.  Grandpa arrived early enough on Saturday to go to the church for an Easter Egg hunt followed by a brunch.  Later that Saturday, we all...

First Weekend of Spring

For the first Saturday of Spring, we took the kids and Mac to Piedmont Park.  It was sunny and 70 degrees.  The kids ran in the grass.  They weren’t used to having so much open space.  Cara toddled about on the uneven terrain.  At one point, she sat down on a...

Scarecrows in the Garden

No those two girls are not scarecrows.  But on Sunday, we took them to the Atlanta Botanical Garden which was decorated for the season with their annual Scarecrows in the Garden.  I included a few shots of scarecrows in the SmugMug gallery including the Man in the...

Blessing of the Animals

In October and in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the church holds a Blessing of the Animals.  You can bring your pet to church and a priest will bless it.  Mac doesn’t know what its all about but he likes that he can come with us when we leave the house and...

Of Unicorns and birthdays

The question isn’t why does Chloe Jane have a unicorn painted on her face; her question to you is why don’t you have something you love painted on your face. That was the highlight of the Yellow Daisy Festival for Chloe Jane.  Well that and an inflatable...