As if watching my yard shrivel and turning off all the cool fountains in town isn't enough, Stone Mountain has decided to cancel plans for the snow park this winter (if we even get a winter). Truly understandable, it was going to use over a million gallons of water, but honestly, I was so excited about giving my kids an honest-to-goodness (although slightly artificial) snow experience.  Three football fields of snow, tubing, snow angels...oh the fun of it all!  And only a few minutes from downtown...perfect!  Flying to Aspen for skiing isn't an option with three kids, so Stone Mountain's snow gig was big news in this house. I know my kids would be willing to skip showering for months in order to perserve water for the snow machine---any other ideas?

Regardless, I do appreciate the efforts of the folks at Stone Mountain to make the park a year-round destination. Our favorite activity in the fall is hiking around the lake and of course up the mountain.  The laser show is on our family calendar for next week (we've never been because the darn thing starts so late but now my kids are finally at a point where bedtime is fluid). Update to follow.