Grampa's Visit

Bella looking up at Grampa
Grampa came to visit the first weekend in December. Our whole family took him to the aquarium on Saturday.


Outside the new Coca-cola museum
What a beautiful day!


Gabi watching baby zebra sharks


Grampa holding both girls


Grampa and the girls with the jellies


Gabi watching tropical fish eat broccoli


Grampa and the girls at the tropical fish tank


Gabi and Grampa laughing


Gabi kissing her sleepy sister


A diver trying to catch a horn shark


"Here! Eat this!"
I guess he doesn't want the shark to eat the garibaldi (that bright orange fish).


Gabi and Mom petting sea anemones.


This is actually a better view of the nocturnal Giant Octopus than we normally get.


Weedy Seadragons
I don't know where the Leafy Seadragons went...


Gabi and Grampa watching (and listening to) the sea lions


Gabi and Grampa pose as a sawfish swims by


Bella watching the Bonnethead Sharks and Cownose Rays


Mom and Bella at the aquarium


Mom and Bella see the sea turtle
After the aquarium, we went across the street to Centenial Olympic Park to play on the playground and check out the Christmas decorations. The water fountains were turned off because of the drought.


Gabi loved this bumpy slide


Bella tries the slide, too


Sisters sliding together


Gabi and Daddy check out the giant Christmas tree


Grampa and sleepy Bella in front of the tree


Daddy and Gabi looking at the deer lights


Watching the ice skaters at Olympic Park
On Sunday, we slept in. (Why do the girls let me sleep in when a grandparent is here and willing to wake up with them in the morning? Oh, well. I enjoyed my rest, anyway.) Then Gabi opened Christmas presents from Gramma Jane and Grampa.


"They are both the same!"
Gabi likes identifying "same" - especially if one is for her and the other for Bella.


Grampa fixed Gabi's closet door for her.
It works!


Grampa with the girls before we take him to the MARTA station.
When we say bedtime prayers, we usually start with thanking God for our family members. Last night, Gabi said, "Thank you for Grampa. He came here yesterday, but he is at the station now." (Well, that's certainly the last place that we saw him. Something tells me he isn't just hanging out at the train station until we see him next, though. Also, Grampa's visit was two weeks ago... Gabi's got the distinction between past, present, and future, but measuring time intervals is more difficult.)