Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)We all rested well-despite everyone stirring a few times during the night. Breakfast at the hotel before hitting the road again. Our first stop was in Birmingham at the Kelly Ingram Park. Everyone enjoyed walking around the civil rights statues. We were able to find the World's Largest Chair much easier than we were able to find our last giant tourist attraction, Randy's Donuts in LA. But Anderson didn't understand why there weren't donuts at the large chair.
It drizzled on us off and on most of the day but it didn't slow us down much. We were soon in Atlanta and had lunch at the Varsity. The shouted "What'll ya have? What'll ya have" at Robby and he ordered so quickly he came to the table with a few surprises! The hot dogs were delicious but Robby had a chili cheeseburger-which was chili and cheese on a hamburger bun (without a hamburger patty) and he really enjoyed it. Everyone (especially Anderson) enjoyed the chocolate milkshake and frozen orange crush. After lunch, we headed to the Martin Luther King National Historic Site. We saw Ebenezer Baptist Church, a restored fire station and King's birthplace. The kids enjoyed the walk and we almost walked to the Carter Library but decided to drive at the last minute.
The Carter Library would have been our last presidential library to see-but it was closed for renovations. We knew this but still decided to walk around the grounds. The grounds were pretty and the gardens would have been prettier if we could have found them. Oh, well, we have to come back anyway. After the library, we fought a little bit of traffic to head to our hotel, Marriott Fairfield Inn. We have a nice room and even have room to put Graham's pack 'n play in the bathroom!
After unpacking a little, we were off to the Atlanta Braves game. The weather was still drizzling occasionally, so we never mentioned it to the kids until we got out of the car. We decided to chance it. After buying tickets, we found seats which were covered and on the very last row of the very last level. The game was delayed for a few minutes due to the rain but it started and the kids had a blast. Anderson and Reagan ate all of their corndogs and Graham ate more of mine. We split a bag of peanuts while Anderson clapped and cheered and Reagan danced. Graham sat in his stroller and took it all in. After watching a few innings, Mom was getting chilly and the kids were getting antsy. We walked carefully down the many, many steps and found our next event. The kids had an area where they could run down the baseline and step on homeplate. (click here to see video #1) Anderson would go first and run as fast as he could down the baseline while waving at Mom or Dad (whoever was standing at the end) and Reagan was not far behind him running as fast as she could in her sandals. She would have to push Anderson off of homeplate so the next kids could keep running. We heard "one more?" and even said "one more" a few times! They were able to run about 5 times and were soon getting tired. (click here for see video #2)
We obviously left the ball game early. On the walk back to the car, Anderson told Mom "hold me, long day." And while in the car, Reagan said "I think I will sleep well tonight." And that she is along with Graham. Now Anderson, on the other hand, is army crawling across the hotel floor as I type. He thinks we can't see him!
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