July 4, 2006

Happy Independence Day, Everyone! Atmos has had such an action-packed weekend. He has discovered how to properly say the name of our friend and neighbor, Dan, and has decided to ask about him quite a bit. Atmos also had a new lovely little girlfriend from out of town to play with named Kendall Marie Novak. She's a charmer. They played with the water table outside and had a blast. Atmos ended up playing so hard and he got so thirsty that he decided to drink the muddy water from a plastic cup. YUM. He went back for seconds.

Our friend Sven came over on Sunday with his son Andrew who is 8 and has a heart of gold. Atmos and the boys went swimming in the pool and then played with playdoh. He had a lot of fun.

On Monday, Albin took the family to Underwater Adventuresat the MOA. Kids 2 and under are free but it's a bit pricey for the adults. It was quite exciting though to have sharks swimming all around you in the underwater tunnel. The stingrays were also a treat. Atmos has a plastic alligator that he sleeps with so it was neat to introduce him to real alligators that are only slightly bigger than his one here at home. At the end there's a pool called the Circle of Life where you can touch stingrays and small sharks as they swim around in a big circle. It was a fun time.

As for July 4th, I'm not sure what's in store....