Michael Turns Two

We traveled to Atlanta again this year for Memorial Day, otherwise known around here as Michael's Birthday Weekend. Let's just say that Michael is not easy to travel with right now, but even with little sleep and patience, we managed to have some great adventures. We explored Mom's garden, for example.

Michael discovered the joys of corn on the cob. Yum!

And he discovered Pops's mustache!

On Friday morning, we visited Michele and her two-month old baby girl, Avery. It brought back some memories.

We then spent part of the day on the lake with Stephen, Lindsey, Shiloh, and Dirk. Michael wasn't sure about the water, but he liked the sand.

He particularly loved the train table in the Ponds' basement, however. He would have stayed down there for the whole trip if we had let him.

Okay, he may have emerged occassionally to ride the train too.

Saturday morning, we headed down to Stone Mountain Park for Michael's birthday party. It was very hot, but that couldn't keep us from riding a real train.

It was so hot that the cake melted a bit, but no one minded.

We also had a chance to visit Gibb's Gardens on Monday morning. What a beautiful place!

We are now back at home working on getting our sleeping schedule right again. We're also gearing up for Part Two of Michael Turns Two this weekend with the Illinois birthday party. Stayed tuned!