Family Vacation to Atlanta!

Right after Memorial Day, we headed on our first summer vacation trip to join the Shah family in Atlanta!  Anu's, Divyang's, and Vivek's families joined us to visit with our Atlanta cousins, Bhavna Didi, Vandana Bhabhi, and Daxa Bhabhi for a fun-filled few days before our Shah Family Reunion began at the Callaway Gardens!

We had an amazing time in Atlanta getting all the little cousins together!  Kajal Didi took great care of us and took us to a neighborhood playground and Stone Mountain Park, and Avni Didi introduced us all to a very neat, new way of making and eating ice cream: rolled ice cream at 8 degrees Fahrenheit!

At the playground, Arjun and Vidya enjoyed "making chukri" together!

At Stone Mountain Park, a neat outdoor adventure theme park, the littlest cousins enjoyed playing in the sand and stream while the bigger cousins tried out the ropes course and rock climbing!

Even Arjun did the ropes course!

Yay Arjun! So proud of doing the ropes course all by himself!

We all enjoyed watching Yogi Bear in 4D (except maybe sweet, little Vidya who was a little frightened by some of the effects)!

Ready for the 4D show!  Watch out for Bears aka Rajiv Fuva!

We also played putt putt, took a train ride tour through the park, took a gondola ride up to the top of Stone Mountain, and the kids enjoyed splashing and getting wet in an interactive spray fort!

The kids had a blast getting wet at the spray
fort!

At the end of our Stone Mountain adventures, Arjun was inspired by Vidya to "make brown ones", and went poopie in the potty for the very first time!  Way to go Vidya for teaching Arjun and way to go Arjun for beginning your big boy journey into life without pull-ups!  I loved seeing the interaction and growing bond between these two littles!  They are so sweet and had such a great time playing with each other!

Arjun and Vidya enjoying bath time together after an
adventurous day at Stone Mountain!

Arjun sharing his love for watching the washing machine spin
around with Vidya!

Later that night, we had a very unique ice cream experience! We enjoying yummy, rolled condensed milk ice cream at 8 degrees Fahrenheit.  This was such a treat for the kids and us!  We were especially excited to take Arjun given his love for things that spin or are rolled (like the "rollos" he makes out of Model Magic at home)!

Daddies and kids watching intently as their ice cream is being
made in such a cool way!

Everyone's loving the yumminess!

Yummy coffee flavored ice cream with toasted
marshmallows, brownies, and poky!

Thank you to Vandana Bhabhi and family for so graciously hosting us at their lovely home and thank you to all the Atlanta Shah family for taking such great care of us while we were visiting.  From the delicious meals to the awesome entertainment/outings and family time, we had the best time and can't wait to reconvene in Atlanta next May for Avni Didi's wedding!