We planned a trip down to Atlanta for the holiday. We drove through the night so that Annabelle would be asleep for most of the drive. We finished packing in Madison and left at 7:40 pm on Wednesday night. I drove most of the way. About 5 am I pulled over so that Linda could finish the trip. We swapped Annabelle’s car seat behind the driver seat. I wanted more leg room so that I could try to get some shut eye before we finished our drive. I woke up and helped Linda navigate through Atlanta.
We went to two parks with Kristen. First we went to Poncey-Highland Playground & Community Garden. It is always fun to take Annabelle to different parks. This one was close by, so it made sense to visit it. The next park that we went to was much more impressive. We went to Old Fourth Ward Park. There were a lot of very cool play structures for kids at this one. A couple adults – Drew and I, used some of them as well. One item was a spinning apparatus. You stand on it, start it spinning and move your body from outwards inwards. Drew managed to get this spinning very quickly. I tried it after he did. I didn’t get it to spin very fast but it made me very dizzy.
Annabelle loved this park. There were so many things for her to play on. There was a double decker spinning wheel that we went on together. They also hand a number of different monkey bars to play on. Some were perfect for her size. It took her three tries, but AB was able to get all the way across one of the monkey bar sets. She figured out how to use her momentum to swing from one bar to the next. It was so impressive to see.
Kristen and Drew had purchased a Thanksgiving meal for us from a nearby BBQ place, Fox Brothers. We went to check into our Airbnb. I took a shower. I was so tired, I hoped to catch a nap. I was able to lay down for ten minutes. We told Kristen we’d be back in an hour and a half for dinner. Kristen was heating up our dinner. We stopped by. They had two tables set up outside for us. Kristen and Drew ate on their porch. Linda, Annabelle and I ate together on the lawn.
You could see this happening in slow motion. Annabelle has a thing for playing with things with her feet. So she started swinging the table back and forth. Right when I realized I should grab Linda’s wine glass, it fell to the ground with a pop. Kristen picked up the glass as best as she could. In hindsight I think we got it all. But we have been wearing shoes on her lawn since.
After dinner, Kristen and Drew brought a TV outside. We watched some short Disney movies. Although I should say that Linda and Annabelle watched them. I laid down on a mat that Kristen brought out there. I covered up with a couple blankets and slept. We had a fire too.
When we came home we had a tough time getting Annabelle to bed. Linda read some to her and went to bed. I read a couple books, then tried to get Annabelle to go to sleep. I gave her some cuddles. She didn’t want to go to bed. Finally I told her to just be quiet and went to bed. I got up to check on AB. I opened my bedroom door and saw her walking around. Linda asked what was going on. I explained what happened. Then Linda went to go sleep with Annabelle in her bed.