We spent the morning around the house letting the kids play with Scott's old toys. He has some old school Star Wars and Fisher Price toys the kids love.
After lunch we were off to Stone Mountain Park. I thought the girls would sleep on the way, but they didn't. The weather was warm, but not unbearable and we made it before rush hour traffic kicked in.
We set our blankets down on the lawn to save our place for the laser show, then we went to look around the shops. The shops are set up like a little mining town and are all new since the last time Scott and I were there. That was my first trip to Atlanta when we were dating, in 1998.
We stopped in a glass blowing shop and watched a demonstration. I liked it so much I was going to buy a glass flower like the one they had just made. Scott's parents were kind enough to get it for me. Then we went on and found an outside storyteller. He had his own little theatre set up so he could act like a character in the old times. The kids liked his stories, but Grace and Carter almost fell asleep. After another shop, we found a stream meant for cooling your feet. Scott's mom and the kids took off their shoes and ran through it for a while. At the end of the street was a multi-leveled ropes course. They wouldn't let us walk around and just look, but we had already decided that there was enough to do at the park that next time we would buy the pass for all the activities. This will probably be around $150 for my family.
After the boys bought themselves toy guns, we were off to the lawn to wait for Scott and his dad to get dinner. The kids loved being able to run around on such a big piece of land! We checked out the pond that was close to the mountain and ended up playing some games we had brought along.
The lawn quickly filled with people, and then a couple of vendors set up shop right in front of us! They were selling to glow sticks and toys that light up. We asked if they would be moving before the show started, and they assured us that they would. But Scott wasn't so sure, so he moved the blankets to the side. Good thing he did, seeing how the pair was still there probably 10min into the show!
It was a pretty impressive show! Most of the lights were shown onto the side of the mountain, but some were shining on the trees around the lawn and over your heads. I would definitely go see it again. I hear that it is always changing.
All the kids, except Malea, fell asleep on the way home. I couldn't believe she didn't sleep! I think that was the longest she has ever been awake.
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