THIS is a tree!

This afternoon we went up to Flowery Branch for me to make my appearance at the PTO Fall Festival. Lily was able to "bounce" on the edge of the Space Walk thingy. She belly laughed at the big kids flipping around on it. She wanted to get in there with them so badly.  We played on the playground slide for a little while and then before we got in the car we walked down to the 2 most gorgeous trees in GA. They are some kind of maple. They are absolutely the most beautiful colors. There were a lot of crunchy leaves under them so we stopped to play...

A Trip to Anna Ruby Falls (& Helen, GA)

Today my school district had the day off so we spent it hiking about and having a pretty fall day outside. We drove up to Helen and had lunch down by the river. Dad had his usual, yearly fix of bratwurst and german potato salad. Lily and I helped ourselves to his sourkraut. She had her first hot dog. It was good, as hot dogs go. She ate it all.

While waiting for the bill she tossed the pepper shaker down onto the river side walkway along with a few napkins.

After lunch we walked around for a little while and then headed up to Anna Ruby Falls. Lily tolerated all the time in the backpack carrier pretty well until it was time to walk back down. She was ready to walk herself. She managed maybe a fourth of it (holding a hand of course). The downhill grade was just too steep for the most part. Anyway, that was our day...

Pictures are in album #2.