Elliot and Beatrice's World

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Bus Stop Party

Since Elliot will be taking the bus to school, we got invited to a little gathering with the other kids at our bus stop to celebrate the start of the school year. Elliot was a little shy, but enjoyed the cake. It was a nice was to spend the last evening before the big day.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

4th of July Fun

The kids were at camp Mimsey for the week of the 4th. While Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a much needed vacation, they went swimming, played mini-golf, rode bikes, went for walks, went to the library, watched movies and much more. We arrived in town in time to celebrate the 4th with a great firework show on the James River. Elliot loved the fire works and the festivities leading up to them (moon bounce, ballon animals, and a mechanical bull!). Elliot may have a future on the rodeo circuit. Beatrice liked the balloon animals. She REALLY didn't like the fireworks and insisted on having her eyes and ears covered for the entire show.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

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.