Spring Break!

I don't know if we'll do Spring Break camp or not next year, we'll have to see what the numbers look like at the end of the month, but this year made it tempting to keep it around! I did a Classics-type theme which included Olympics, a Pyramid Building Contest, a trip to the Mythical Creatures exhibit at Fernbank, Ancient Gods craft projects, and then the kids watched Hercules or Percy Jackson on Friday. So much fun!!

Roman in his home made Hoplite armor

Kornel presents Duncan, champion of Athens, with his shield

On your marks...

Lennox picks up big brother's discarded weaponry-- for Sparta!

Jimmy marks the oranges for shotput

Louis helps the kids with the pyramid building contest

Remember the TIV? We got a surprise when we got to Fernbank-- the DOW (Doppler on Wheels) was visiting! I got to meet Josh, too!

Thomas mimics the troll-- pretty scary!

K group numero uno outside the entrance

Storm Chasers!

I don't know how many of you watch Storm Chasers, but we're pretty big fans! We LOVE extreme/severe weather! Yes, it's a double edged sword-- frequently people and property are harmed and families lose loved ones and means of living, BUT the Storm Chasers who do it for research are doing a great service to us by learning more about how these storms form and how to predict them.

Fermbank Museum of Natural History is right up the road from us and they are a real TREASURE! They have so many awesome exhibits, recently they've had Geckos and Water, and now at the IMAX they have a Storm Chasers film called "Tornado Alley"-- we haven't gotten to see it yet, but plan on fitting it in. I was lazing around one day on Facebook and noticed the Fernbank page had a picture of the TIV-- THEN I noticed that Fernbank HAD the TIV! The TIV is the Tornado Intercept Vehicle and is SUPER cool! Sean Casey, the IMAX film guy, helped design and build this thing to withstand severe weather so they can get awesome IMAX footage and scientific data!

Rear shot of the TIV

IMAX Camera Turret

Side shot of the TIV

Cameraman's chair

Me and Marcus Guttierez-- the TIV's driver!!

Imagine driving this thing! And yes, that IS a light switch from a house!

Tomorrow, tomorrow!

Jeremy's coming tomorrow! This makes me extremely happy. I don't know what the next 9 months will be like... it's only been a couple weeks and I miss him a lot. Though, if I can't find a job here, I may move down before tourist season and get a job there.

The Artemis Fall Social is tonight, so I need to figure out what I'm going to wear-- it's chilly enough now I have to wear stockings which is a little irritating, if you ask me, but whatev. The endless Sweetwater/brats/pretzels is going to be delish, but I'm most excited about the IMAX. Volcanoes and 3D... does it get much better?

Today is bookshelf day. I have a small bookshelf that I dragged out of my car and need to drag the oooooodles of books out to cram on it until we get to the new place. I'm happy I get to keep my books, but they are SUCH a pain to move! We went and looked at a place last night, but the landlord never showed up, so who knows. There's a larger house that we're looking at, 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, which is a lot closer to MARTA than this one, but is more expensive and may be more to rent. The smaller one is still bigger than the place we have now, and while the neighborhood is nice, the houses immediately around and across from it are empty which is a little creepy. If I could find a job, then I would put in the extra $100 a month to get the one close to MARTA just because it would be so much more cost effective for me to take the bus to work and back than have to drive, and the same for mom. We're also pretty sure that by the time we move, Casey will be out of Ridgeview so there will be no driving to Smyrna!

Speaking of Smyrna, I should go get those books out of my car. It's killing my gas mileage to drive around with all of them in my trunk!