Anyone that knows us, knows that our family has a "special" relationship with Diet Coke--the drink, not the drug! It has gotten our family through medical school and the intense training that has sense followed. So naturally, we wanted to visit the World of Coca Cola to see how this favorite family drink is created. We dragged Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Janelle along with us.
As a preface, our kids had been anticipating this visit to the World of Coca Cola for several weeks. I was hoping they would not be disappointed as they were giving the museum the same type of hype as they would Disneyland or a trip to the beach, and let's be honest, we all love a good Diet Coke--but going to the beach is on a whole different level of awesomeness.
The morning we drove over to Atlanta, Spencer came in and said, "This is the best day ever (meaning we get to see extended family), but (is a wistful voice) tomorrow is going to be EVEN better." And let me tell you, they were not disappointed.
The museum has a few little movies including one of those 4D ones that shoot water at you and poke you in the back, etc. There is memorabilia galore, an actual production line, but then at the end--the Tasting Room. They had about 60 samples of pop from around the world and we just let our kids loose (pointing out to them not to drink the tea). They were in heaven with all the sugary goodness we usually don't let them have!! Italy's drink was nasty, Greece was delicious, but we still loved our Diet Coke!! Addie thought it was great because she had several samples--and her own cup, what more could an already hyper 1 year old ask for? At the end you get to take home your own bottle of coke, and my kids thought that was awesome.
So if any of you are ever in the Atlanta area, we thought it definitely a fun afternoon! We were also so glad to have Grandma, Grandpa, and Janelle come back to B'ham with us for a few days--we miss all our game playing and our kids are suffering post-traumatic grandparent departure syndrome! We also loved hearing about Janelle's mission to Korea!!
4 comments:
Sounds awesome! We also love that special drink....
when i think of diet coke i think of you. the vacation sounds like a match made in heaven:)
Sounds like a really great museum, and samples to boot!! That's awesome!
You are such an awesome mom. I love reading all of your posts and seeing all the fun stuff you guys do.
Inspirational!
xoxo
It WAS a fun afternoon, and all the potty stops on the way home were even better! The games were GREAT, but you kids are even better! Love ya, Mom
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