So Young Now...

CATCHING UP

The rest of the summer flew by for us. We didn't take a big vacation, but we did have a "staycation"---one week when Kurt took off from work and we tried to jam-pack as many activities in as we could (kid activities that is!). So we spent one day driving to, and enjoying, Knoebels Amusement Park. The park got an A+ rating from us....except for the length of the drive!!!

We spent day #2 at Sesame Place! We have taken the kids there a few times over their long years, with ever-increasing disappointment. It is extremely expensive, extremely crowded (even on a week day), the staff is slow or non-existent, and I don't want to sound like a snob, but where do they FIND some of the people that frequent the park? I don't want to mingle with these people and share rides or pool water for fear of the diseases I may come home with!

Day number 3 of staycation: I had a previously-scheduled continuing legal education class that day, so Kurt and the kids were off to his parents for a fun-filled day of tickles, giggles and play!

The whining started early on day 4; we had some pretty tired kids. But we were going to show them some more fun, and they were going to LIKE it, no matter what! So, off to the Please Touch Museum in its newly renovated space! It was AWESOME, and I wish I could post 100 pictures of this place----which still wouldn't do it justice! (I am actually having difficulty posting pictures right now, so I will have to add pictures later.) By the end of this museum visit, I had really had enough of locales with seas of screaming kids, but we kept moving onward! Since we were really close to Philly, we took the kids to Dave & Busters and let them play arcade games and earn tickets until they were blue in the face! After a few hours, and a lot of money spent, they had enough tickets amassed to buy--- (wait for it!)--- one candy bar each! I couldn't help but think that I could have saved us all a lot of time and money by buying them one before we ended up at D & B!

For the last day of staycation, we were going to take the kids to another amusement park---Dutch Wonderland! But, they awoke with dark circles around their eyes, tears falling for any reason and no reason at all, and zombie-like demeanors, so we decided they had had enough! A nice relaxing day at home would do just fine for the end of our staycation! Did I mention that this week of running was all done in the one-and-only heat wave we had all summer!?

August also brought: Jack moving to a toddler bed (not one complaint or problem with the transition---and he has never gotten out of his bed until we come to get him in the morning!); a good friend of mine moving away ('bye Erin, still miss you!); and the first day of school for Nicole and Max!