Thanksgiving 2012

We spent a lovely Thanksgiving in Georgia with Grandma Thomason and the Cockrells and Schneiders.  We stayed a week and it was great spending so much time with everyone.  We visited the Georgia Aquarium and Macy's Pink Pig which was fun.  The Pink Pig is a Christmas train ride that has been an Atlanta tradition since 1953 (it was originally a monorail).  But mostly we hung out and enjoyed watching the kids play with their cousins and aunts, uncles, and Grandma.  Nancy and I even snuck out for a night for a nice dinner at the Chateau Elan's Irish pub.


Watching the enormous stingrays at the Georgia Aquarium


Going through the cool tunnel with fish all around


Katie imitates the "grumpy fish" (so named by Nancy)


Too bad the tunnel didn't play the music from Jaws while you went through it.


Peter waves to the fish


Katie goes for a swim (not really, it's a concave window that she's standing in).


In front of the great big window


Touching some stuff


Watching the baluga whales.  Nancy said she used to see them when she lived in Alaska.


Peter watches a penguin dive in


The girls pop-up in the middle of the penguin habitat.


Katie touches a stingray.


Peter meets a fish that can walk on land.  Is this the beginning of mankind?


Peter watches a dolphin... and checks out the girl next to him.


We tried to leave Katie in one of the exhibits but she eventually escaped.


The great big window at the aquarium was one of our favorite spots to sit and watch the ocean go by.


Posing with a dolphin


Peter tries to roll the giant ornaments in the park next to the aquarium.




The kids with the aquarium and CNN in the background.







Peter sound asleep while in line for the Pink Pig.

The girls on the Pink Pig

All aboard!

Kaylyn and Peter play with his new train.  Kaylyn was great with playing with the kids and helping us relax a bit.

Peter slides down at a playground

The kids play softball in a park.  Katie was the umpire and loved yelling "Ball!" or "Strike!" seemingly randomly.

Rounding up the kids to go home

Katie playing skeeball at Dave and Busters

Katie playing the game that gives out oodles of tickets.  She saved enough (and borrowed some from Peter) to get a Hello Kitty pillow.

Peyton helps Peter with one of the games.

The girls

Aunt Melinda spits on the cookie dough before handing it to the kids

Katie helps keep Uncle Tim propped up

Peter loved seeing Spiderman during the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.  He kept imitating his stance.

Yay Spiderman!

Katie helps out in the kitchen

And helps to plant a flower next to Grandma's mailbox.

Peter helps too...

...until he loses interest.

Katie and Kaylyn paint their nails

Daddy dozes off while Peter watches a show on the computer.

Snuggle time with Mama.

Peter plays Connect Four.

Snuggle time with Kaylyn

Peter shows off his new puppy slippers


Peter milks a fake cow with Grandma at Mayfield Dairy.  Water would come out of the utters when you squeezed them.


Katie gives it a try


The kids rest for a spell outside Mayfield Dairy


Aunt Melinda finds someone she can beat in Connect Four.


Katie helps Kaylyn make gingerbread men.


Playing with the new train


A cool tree made from wine bottles at the winery Chateau Elan.


Bye cousins!  Thanks for the great visit!