New Year's Eve at Snow Mountain!

You know you're a parent when New Year's Eve plans start at 11am, instead of 11pm!  But I've honestly never loved the holiday so it's perfectly fine with me to enjoy the daylight and be in bed at 12:01...ON THE DOT.  The awesome thing is that we have great friends who are in the same boat with a toddler.  So we made plans with the Pearch's to enjoy a family-friendly celebration. 

Considering it was going to be in the low 60s (quite balmy for Atlanta in December), we knew we wanted to be outside.  So we decided to go to Stone Mountain...renamed Snow Mountain for the winter.  It's basically a man-made snow slope about 30 minutes north of downtown.  We thought Jack & Grant could just enjoy being in the snow for the day.

Unfortunately, we didn't get tickets ahead of time and it was sold out.  And the train that runs around the Mountain was broken, so Kate and I thought the day would be a bust.  But Matt was determined to save the day! So he asked the gate attendant to just let us in so the kids could just play in the snow for a while.  And he did!  They had a special area for kids so Jack & Grant got to run around and enjoy themselves.  Then we walked around he the little village, had some lunch and caught a 3-D mini version of Polar Express.  The boys are such little buddies now so it was adorable to see them play together. It turned out to be a super fun day!