Atlanta Car Show

We have had a wonderful weekend. Saturday Stuart took Eleanor and Andrew on the MARTA. Andrew loves "DooDoos"(in Andrew speak) and so Stuart thought it a great idea to take him for a ride on one. So much better than the little one they have at the mall. He had a brilliant time. Jonathan had a baseball game so I packed up him and Jacob and headed for the field. We had hoped it would be called off as it had rained all night and most of the morning. When we got to the field it was raining and I thought it crazy that they were planning to play. Jonathan jumped out and ran on ahead while I got the wagon, all our stuff and Jacob out. I managed to rig the umbrella in the wagon so that Jacob was covered and off we trecked. Just as we got to the field Jonathan was heading back as they had decided to call off the game. Typical, so loaded everything back into the car, poor Jacob was very unhappy about getting wet. We then headed for some lunch. Jonathan wanted to go to Five Guys as it has the ultimate soda fountain, he reckons they have about 50 different sodas. As soon we got into the restaurant we knew we had made the wrong choice as they have big boxes of peanuts that you help yourself too. This was not the place to have Jacob, so not knowing how allergic to peanuts he is we quickly ordered and I went out to the car while Jonathan waited for our order.

Saturday night we were supposed to go to our friends the Hepplers for Bruce's surprise 50th birthday party. Just as we were getting ready Jacob's temperature spiked to 102 so thought it best not to leave him, especially as he had been near peanuts earlier. We gave him medicine and being a bit nervous to just put him to bed I brought him downstairs and held him until he fell asleep. I then brought his travel cot down and laid him in there next to my desk. By morning he was fine.

On Sunday we went to the Atlanta Auto Show. I did a deal with Stuart as he wanted to go there before we took him to the airport. He is in England for the next 2 weeks on business. If we came to the auto show, when he gets back he will come to church with us. What a fantastic show. I got to show Stuart the Suburban I want, hard to believe that we need something bigger than we already have!! Jonathan got to indulge in his love of super cool cars, getting to sit in a Corvette, Jaguar XKR, and a Porsche 911. He also got to see an Audi R8, 2 Lamborghinis, and some Aston Martins. Pictures below are him in the cars and him and Andrew(doing his best East End chimney sweep impression) in front of the Audi R8. The best part of the show was when standing by the Jaguar, having some guy get out of it and asking how you change gear as there is no gear lever. I told him it must be a flappy paddle. I was right!! Yeah, me. He was very impressed that I knew. Must now send a letter to Top Gear, as watching their show has now paid off!

We then went for some lunch and took Stuart to the airport. We sat on the top level of the parking garage to watch the planes landing and taking off for awhile before coming home. What a brilliant weekend.