Elliot and Beatrice's World: Hershey Park

For the long Memorial Day weekend we decided to surprise the kids with a last minute trip to Hershey, PA. We didn't tell them where we were going or what we were doing. After dinner on Friday we packed our bags, put the kids in their PJs, and hit the road. We checked in to a very nice, new, Spring Hill Suites near Harrisburg. They were super excited just to have their own room in a hotel. We got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday and made our way to Hershey World, an attraction on the same grounds as the amusement park. There, we made our own chocolate bars and rode on a tour/ride all about Hershey. At the end of the ride they each got a piece of chocolate. They were in heaven.

After visiting Hershey World we made our way to the park. We spent the rest of the day there riding the rides and walking all over the park. Beatrice was a real trooper. We didn't bring the stroller and she didn't not complain once about being tired. Elliot rode two roller coasters and told me that riding them made him feel like he "was going to have a heart attack." I don't know where he heard that term, but we thought it was pretty funny. Beatrice went on a lot of rides too (Elliot and Brian rode a lot of rides together and since I had the camera most of the pictures are of Bea) At first she was scared and wanted to sit with Elliot and hold his hand on every ride. By the end of the day she wanted to ride by herself "like a big girl." The only down side of our day at the park was the weather, which was quite windy and chilly for the end of May. Thankfully we dressed appropriately.

On Sunday after another exciting night at the hotel we headed to downtown Harrisburg to have breakfast, play miniature golf, and go to an arts festival along the water front. It was still cool outside, but much sunnier which was nice. After golfing, seeing LOTS of art and having lunch we headed home. The kids are still talking about our big adventure. We'll have to surprise them more often.