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coke & lost teeth

One of the perks of working at CCE is that I get extremely discounted tickets to the New World of Coke. I never went to the old World of Coke located at the Underground in Atlanta, but there's no way it could have been anywhere near as good as the new one. It's right next to the Georgia Aquarium, which is a really neat place in its own right (if only Coke could get us discounted tickets there too).

I took this kids this past Saturday and we had a blast. There are two really neat movies, lots of memorabilia, some really interesting stories about the history of Coke and how Coke has helped people around the world. Of course, though, the kids were most excited about sampling different Coke products from around the world at the end of the tour. There are over 70, yes 70, different drinks to try. Oscar was only interested in trying some of them, his favorites are all of the Fanta flavors. Elizabeth tried most of them, but I think she got sick of it after a while. And, as expected, Michael tried every single drink. That's right, I let my son have 70 sodas in less than 30 minutes. Now, they were just sample size cups, but perhaps that caused to the next picture.

Michael finally lost his first tooth about a week ago and has lost 3 more since. That's 4 teeth in 1 week. The tooth fairy is running out of cash. What does he think she is? A bank?

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