Blog 411

This blog was created for our friends and family who don't get to see us -- well, Jonathan and Elise, really -- as often as they'd like. I'm trying to keep you all updated on their milestones and their day-to-day activities. I also hope this will serve as sort of a journal for them as well, something for them to read when they are older that chronologues their lives and adventures. When I can, I'll post pictures and maybe even videos to help bridge the distance.

This blog is Part 2 of the Life of the Hardwicks. This edition will focus on our new lives in Atlanta, GA, that began in July 2013.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

2013_10_15 Tuesday

First today's news:
From Elise's school:
We had a great day today!! Today we talked about counting our body parts, more specifically, our fingers and toes. In Art, we counted our fingers and toes. X counted her 10 fingers and said that we have 10 toes as well. Afterwards, we used our fingers to paint. X made a scary monster for Halloween and X made a city.  We used shaving cream to practice writing numbers.  X recognized all of her numbers and made the number 10.  X made a 6 in the shaving cream. We also talked about how  we use numbers.  We use numbers to measure how tall we are.  We all pointed to how tall X is on our class flower wall. Our letter of the week is H.  X colored all of his H words and Elise told us that Horse starts with the letter H.  

Now to recap our amazing visit from Oma:
Friday
Her flight was delayed enough that I picked Elise up from school (Jonathan had had the day off) and then we got her. On the way back from the airport, E decided to projectile vomit all over herself and the car seat. She had been complaining that her belly hurt, so I guess I had had fair warning. She continued to throw up a few more times, so rather than all four of us trying out the Atlanta Cheese Festival, Jonathan and I had a date there. I was really proud of him for trying so many different cheeses, including a blue cheese/banana ice cream cookie!

Saturday
E seemed to be better. So, we visited Fernbank for their Marco Polo debut party. They had food from the Silk Road that the kids basically refused to try (ugh), a  falcon/owl demo, and a Kung Fu demo, and of course, we hung out in the NatureQuest area for a long time. After lunch and a nap, we went to the Botanical Gardens, which E has been calling the Botanial Gardens. Oma really enjoyed that, and the kids had fun tearing through the Children's Garden. Oma and I stayed up until 2:30am chatting!
                       




Sunday
We spent the afternoon exploring Stone Mountain. We took the tram up/down and a train around the stone. The view from the top is amazing, especially on a clear day. While it was a little hot, we stayed on top for about an hour. There's still a lot to do there. We passed an Oktoberfest on the way there, but lost it on the way home.
 





Monday
Dave took Oma to the airport in the early morning, since he was off to CA as well. Departures are just no fun.
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