Stone Mountain

Please excuse me while I rewind a couple of weeks...

The Saturday before we left to go on vacation, we decided to pack our lunch and take it to Stone Mountain Park for a little picnic. I really didn't know much about the place, other than the fact that it had a gigantic stone mountain in the middle of it. :)

(I got this pic online; we didn't actually see the rock from this angle.)

As it turns out, there is quite a lot to do at this beautiful 3,200 acre park, which is just a 10-15 minute drive from us. It has its own amusement/adventure park, a train that takes you around the mountain, a skyride that takes you to the top of the mountain, full-size and miniature golf courses, Saturday night lasershows, and all sorts of seasonal festivals and special events. 

For our first trip, though, we kept it simple. After driving around for a bit, we found a place to park the van and hopped out to eat lunch. The ground was wet from all the rain we'd been getting, and it was sprinkling on and off, so we were thankful for picnic tables and a pretty dense covering of trees.

"I'm trying to eat my PBJ here, Mom."

After lunch, we got back in the car and looked at the map we'd been given at the entrance to try to find a playground for the kiddos to run around. We had to backtrack to get there, but it was well worth it; the large, mostly wooden playground was pretty awesome. Over the course of the next hour, I'm not sure who had more fun -- Kaiser and Porter or their daddy. Brett was jumping, climbing, and swinging all over that equipment like he was Spider-Man! The boys were loving every second of it.

Getting some assistance with the monkey bars.

Thumbs up for Little Bro.

Scaling the number wall.

"Yeah, that was a piece of cake."

If Porter can do it, Kaiser can, too.

Fireman in the making.

"Sliding" down the pole.

Oh, and just in case you're wondering, our family's tiniest member was having fun, too. :)

Didn't know why the ground was shaking, but she liked it!

"I could climb this slide if this darn dress didn't keep making me slip."

Comin' to get me.

"Take me home, Daddy!"

Besides coming back to enjoy this playground, I'd definitely like experience the park's lasershow and take the boys on the train ride, among other things. Plus, Kaiser kept asking if we could climb to the top of the mountain; Daddy and Mommy promised him that before our time in Atlanta was done, we would. I think I can say with certainty that this was not our family's last visit to Stone Mountain!