After visiting the Georgia Aquarium yesterday, we ate a quick lunch at CNN Center and headed to the World of Coca-Cola. For me, visiting the “coke museum” is like a recovering alcoholic visting a bar. Again, we had visited before, but the free tickets were good enough reason to return. Again, here are some photos:
Yesterday, while Kimberlie was in a training class at Emory, I decided to take the kids to the Georgia Aquarium. They went before, but Tristan wasn’t quite 3 and Mackenzie was barely 3 months. First of all, I am NOT an aquarium fan. I would much rather see the fish fried and on my plate. We did, however, have a good time.
The strangest part was the number of signs at the entrance that include “No Fishing Poles” in the list of prohibited items. At first, I thought it was a joke, but it’s also clearly noted on all of our tickets as well. There are other items that, in my opinion, would be more important to list such as wheeled shoes, nuclear materials, laser pointers, etc. I’m amazed that the aquarium has such a repeated issue with people taking in fishing poles that they have to specifically ban them on their signage. Only in Georgia!
The kids enjoyed the few hours that we spent there and they really liked showing Kimberlie all of the pictures and telling her about each one. Of course, here is a small sampling of some of those pictures:
Edit: This was originally typed on September 7. For some reason, it went to Drafts.
Tristan is doing really well in first grade. Last Wednesday, he brought home his first progress report, earning a 99 in Math and a 100 in Reading. He consistently gets a perfect score on his Wednesday spelling test, which exempts him from having to retake it on Friday (and earn’s him a dollar for his good work). His weekly behavior chart is good as well. Let’s hope he becomes the Star Student sooner this year!
Each week in Mackenzie’s preschool class, a different child is designated the “dynamite kid”. The parents make a poster about the kid the weekend before, and the poster is displayed on the classroom door all week. The dynamite kid also is the line leader, napkin distributor, and flag holder. Apparently, this is serious business for a 4-year old. This week, Mackenzie was the dynamite kid.
Each week, they also learn a different color, shape, number, and letter. On Wednesdays, they have to wear the respective color and on Fridays they bring to show-and-tell something that starts with that week’s letter. This week was the letter O. Although it is 90 degrees outside and although she has no idea how to get them on and/or off, Mackenzie wore new overalls. She also took Oreos to share with the class.
Her love for that preschool is the ONLY reason that I haven’t been more aggressive in pursueing career opportunities outside of Central Georgia. Seven more months . . .
This past weekend, before I ran the Labor Day Road Race, we snuck away to the beach. I somehow managed (after much persistance) to score an awesome deal on Hotwire for Jekyll Island during Labor Day weekend and off we went. It was our last chance to get away since our fall schedule is totally packed, thanks mostly to soccer.
Since I neglected to post the Myrtle Beach pictures from our July vacation, I thought I might post a few from this getaway:
It’s been a while since I’ve updated on my running progress. As you can see from the chart below, my running took a huge hit in July. We did have temperatures above 95 degrees for pretty much the entire month. Vacationing didn’t help either. While most runners would love to go running down the beach, I would rather vacation.
I am still doing better than last year. This Monday, I set a new 10K personal record at Macon’s Labor Day Road Race. The temperature couldn’t have been more perfect. I shaved 5 minutes off of last year and 15 minutes off of my time from two years ago! Next year, I want to do it in less than 50 minutes.
If you follow my running saga page, you know that I have a half marathon in just four weeks!
My Latest Run
