It's always more fun with friends...

The weather in Atlanta this past weekend is what keeps me here. Sunday started out overcast and cool in the 50s. By late morning, the clouds had burned off and the afternoon warmed to a beautiful 80 degrees. Just 6 days earlier, we had snow! Finally we could enjoy the great outdoors as a family! The Barnetts and the Kings met up for a fun-filled day at Zoo Atlanta. We first became members last year and I feel we robbed the zoo given the number of visits we made last year. This year, we renewed and plan to visit as much in 2009. Every trip to the zoo is like the first time all over again for Savannah. One would think she has never seen an elephant or gorilla or squirrel for that matter the way she gets excited for every creature she encounters.


Savannah was thrilled at the last minute announcement that Sophie would be joining her at the zoo this time. We were a bit nervous given that we rely on the stroller during zoo excursions to get us from one exhibit to the next without any meltdowns. Sophie, on the other hand, doesn't stroll on her visits. Therefore, we were braving the zoo and Savannah without a stroller. How would we ever get from one end of the zoo to the other all in a day's time???


Turns out, having Sophie as a companion was exactly the motivation Savannah needed to get through the zoo sans stroller. They had a blast running from exhibit to exhibit. We somehow managed to avoid the petting zoo much to my delight. The moms took the girls on the train and on the merry-go-round. Savannah's not a huge fan of the merry-go-round. She prefers to sit in the peacock bench (or duck as she calls it) rather than ride an animal that goes up and down.


After wrapping up at the playground, we left the zoo and headed to lunch at the Barnetts' favorite post-zoo spot, Six Feet Under. We had a nice lunch while Gage and Olivia were drawing all the attention from the wait staff who ooh'd and ahh'd over them.