Southern Snow

Every once in a while Atlanta gets snow. It never seems to occur when the weather forecasters actually predict it....but it does happen occasionally. And as typical Southerners, we go nuts over the precious 1-2 inches we may get. The grocery stores have bare shelves, schools close, roads close and everyone acts like it is the blizzard of the century! Some things will never change. We finally got some snow this year and it came on March 1st. It was just enough to be pretty. It came down pretty hard for several hours...and it was so peaceful to watch it. There was just enough to cover the ground and give everything a beautiful,thin white layer. Everyone in Atlanta, including many of our neighbors were outside making snowmen, having snowball fights and taking lots of pictures of the memorable event for their kids' scrapbooks. Sadly enough, we were secretly relieved Noah didn't seem to care and never asked to go outside and we stayed inside our warm, cozy house all day! Pathetic, yes.

So where are all these snow pictures from you may ask? They are from Atlanta's newest winter attraction: the FAKE snow at Snow Mountain! Yes, down here in the South, we have to rely on FAKE snow for a good time in the winter months! For three months in the winter, Stone Mountain adds 3 football fields worth of deep snow, with a 400-foot tubing hill and a 30,000-square-foot snow play area. We went for our nephew Christian's 5th birthday party January 31st and I haven't had a chance to post the pictures until this week....when the "real" snow reminded me! Noah had a blast on the "kiddie" tubing area since he wasn't old enough for the big kids/adult tubing run. He didn't care...he had so much fun anyway and went down the little path on his sled about 30 times it seemed! We weren't sure what to expect since he hated the snow last year (the ONE time it snowed here)andhated the sand at the beach this summer. A good time was had by all 3 of us and we were all ready for a long winter's nap when it was over!