Lots of traffic

My mom and dad came to visit the boys this past weekend (no need to tell it any differently, seeing me and Bob was only secondary!) The weather was perfect but I think October is the busiest month for festivals and gatherings in Atlanta; we were fighting traffic everywhere we turned.

On the way to the airport, it wasn't a festival, it was raining and a little slow going. Now Atlanta is still in the middle of a drought where we are conserving water at every opportunity. But when it rains, traffic just gets so miserable. It makes it hard to appreciate the rain when you are sitting in a slow moving parking lot.

That was Friday. Saturday was the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade. We had a ton of cars parked on our street. It took me forever to pick up Colin at a birthday party, drop off a friend at his house, then find a way back to our house. Saturday night we tried to escape the parade conjestion and ended up in the middle of Grady High School Homecoming traffic. Then Sunday was the AIDS walk at Piedmont Park when we went to the Botanical Gardens right next to the gardens.

I really don't mean to complain, it's just it got comical after a point. I mean everywhere we went ... traffic and crowds and people!

Grandma and Grandpa were so entertained by the boys. After Nathan said something impressive, Grandma GG told Nathan that he was so sharp. Nathan replied, "Don't touch me, I'm sharp!"

Grandpa had fun teaching the boys who the boss was! Whenever he asked them, "Whose the boss?" The boys would answer, "Grandpa is!" They got a big kick out of that!

While I went shopping with my mom and Nathan, Bob was up in the attic working and Grandpa was playing with Colin. Bob heard Grandpa and Colin out in the back yard and looked out the window to see both of them up in the tree house with these huge paper airplanes that really went far. We still have paper airplanes all over the house. What fun!

Grandma and Colin at Mellow Mushroom.


Going home after dinner at Mellow Mushroom (over by Grady High School).