Back after a short hiatus. The last week was quite stressful in more ways than one starting with the Munchkin falling ill. What looked like a routine fever, persisted for more than 2 -3 days and was soon accompanied by a fever rash . He also took this opportune moment to sprout a molar which lead to some diarrhea which in turn lead to an ugly diaper rash(!) All this understandably made him cranky and led to some sleepless nights for all the three of us.
We also had a health scare regarding my father in law. It was so bad that we were almost supposed to leave for India this Saturday. Thankfully, it turned out to be something benign and treatable. Between the Munchkin’s illness and late night calls back home, we both hardly got any sleep at all.
Mercifully,nothing spiraled out of control. The Munchkin is back to normal and the much awaited and anticipated chaos has returned to our lives 
. To clear our minds of all this we went for a picnic on Sunday to the Olympic Centennial park here in Atlanta. It was a glorious ,sunny day just perfect for a cozy family outing.
We parked our selves under a nice shady tree and had a packed lunch of egg sandwiches and cold pasta salad. The Munchkin got understandably excited with all the free space and ran around in circles like a dog. I swear if we had a frisbee ,he would have played fetch with us!
It was one of those days when you feel everything’s well with the world and the grass seems greener and the sky bluer. I think I went for a picnic after aeons.The last time I went was probably when I was a kid. We lay down on our backs and counted clouds and enjoyed the sporadic cool breeze.
Thereafter we went to the nearby children’s playground where the Munchkin took a special liking to the little ‘crawling tunnel’ and a set of colorful drums. The Munchkin’s Dad was thrilled to bits by the latter. He loves playing drums and I’m sure secretly imagines himself to be a totally hip drummer for some rockstar band. His ill concelaed excitement at the Munchkin’s refusal to move away from the drums was extremelyy amusing to me 
Some pictures:-
He looked so tiny compared to all those huge buildings!
Taking a break from all the running around.
The much loved..
...tunnel.
He didn't particularly care for the beginner's slide...
..preferring the climb up instead.
The drums!
It was one of those inconsequential ,happy days ; a good day to be alive
Nice pictures esp Munchkin playing the drums. Hope you all had a great fun.
That sounds like such a perfect day. (Touchwood!) Loved all the pics.
Good to hear that Munchkin is feeling all better now.
Ah good. Lovely pictures !
i know just what you mean!
and and how cute does munchkin look!
good to know things are looking up all around!
cheers!