We had a long and busy weekend, but it was a blast! The weather was absolutely gorgeous, and I'm so glad that it's really feeling like fall. The cool weather made our weekend activities that much more enjoyable, and it was nice to not be sweating our butts off like we were earlier in the week!
On Saturday we decided to go spend a few hours at Hersheypark. It was a nice change to be able to walk around in jeans and a long sleeved tee instead of shorts and a tank top and still feel like you have to remove about 5 layers including some layers of skin just to cool down! The temperatures didn't even get out of the upper 50s, which was unexpected as they thought it would get into the 60s, and with the cloud cover I was hoping that it would mean the crowds would be minimal/mostly locals would be milling around. For a while, we didn't have to worry about long waits or bigger crowds, but as the afternoon went on it filled up so we decided to leave since Judith was starting to melt down anyway.
Sunday was more typical of what Sundays usually are, except we had the chance to go to my cousin's house so we could visit with them and my aunt and uncle. They were at the shore for a few days, and stopped there before they headed home. My decision to spend the day with Judith at my parents' worked out well, because they got to see Judith again.
On Monday, we had the rare treat of John taking a day off and being able to go do something fun as a family. Normally when he has a day off he uses it as a work day for church stuff, but since the weather was awesome and we knew school was in session, we decided to go to Zoo America for the morning. Judith had a blast looking at so many of the animals, and absolutely loved the fish in the pond in the bear habitat. I wish I would've been able to take pictures, but my new camera body hadn't arrived yet (side note: I'm 99.99% sure my camera body was fried one of the days during Judith's hospital stay, because I stupidly didn't think to take it and myself out of the room the night they did the x-ray in there. It was a used body to begin with, and was a fantastic starter body to get into the DSLR world, but it was still an expensive mistake, and a really dumb one as well. I learned my lesson, that's for sure. And now I'm getting a super early birthday/Christmas present so I have a camera and can take lots of pictures again.). She did well for the first half of the zoo, but about halfway through she just didn't have the attention span anymore so we called it a day and went to get lunch. We're already planning to go back again in the next couple of months, especially since I want to try to hit the habitats she didn't really get to see because she was done. Anyway, we finished off our adventure with a trackside lunch on our way home, and Judith was so excited to see 3 trains!
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Fall Fun and a Get Together
This weekend was filled with so many fun activities - it was busy, and we're all tired, but it was definitely worth it!
Saturday we took Judith to a pumpkin patch for the first time. She couldn't do a lot of things, and wasn't able to appreciate a lot of it, but she still had fun! We went on a hay ride, which went through the orchard and made a stop at the pumpkin patch - you could get off and pick your own pumpkin, but we decided to stay on the ride. It's not like Judith could really "pick her own" pumpkin this year anyway, and it would be more fun for her to be able to walk around the patch and explore. Plus the price per pound was kind of expensive, and the pre-picked pumpkins were much cheaper. We chose a pre-picked, smaller sized pumpkin for Judith's first Halloween!
I'm not sure if John's going to carve it for her or not - it's on him if he wants it carved. I honestly hate carving pumpkins. It's such a mess, and whenever I try to carve anything, it always turns out dumb. I'd rather paint it so it lasts longer. We'll have to make a decision, but for now it looks quite decorative in the living room as is!
Today Judith and I drove to Hershey for a get together with some of the great ladies I talk to online. We met at Zoo America, and spent the afternoon socializing and looking at the different animals. Zoo America isn't a huge zoo, but it's a decent size: something like 11 acres, and they have different animals from all over North America. There were a few animals missing (most notably the bison that died in the recent floods), a few habitats under construction, and some animals sleeping/hiding, but overall we saw a good bulk of the animals housed there. It was such a fun afternoon - it was great to meet many of the ladies, and see a couple that I've met before!
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Saturday we took Judith to a pumpkin patch for the first time. She couldn't do a lot of things, and wasn't able to appreciate a lot of it, but she still had fun! We went on a hay ride, which went through the orchard and made a stop at the pumpkin patch - you could get off and pick your own pumpkin, but we decided to stay on the ride. It's not like Judith could really "pick her own" pumpkin this year anyway, and it would be more fun for her to be able to walk around the patch and explore. Plus the price per pound was kind of expensive, and the pre-picked pumpkins were much cheaper. We chose a pre-picked, smaller sized pumpkin for Judith's first Halloween!
Judith is not amused.
Hay rides are fun!
Sitting amongst a bunch of pumpkins
I'm not sure if John's going to carve it for her or not - it's on him if he wants it carved. I honestly hate carving pumpkins. It's such a mess, and whenever I try to carve anything, it always turns out dumb. I'd rather paint it so it lasts longer. We'll have to make a decision, but for now it looks quite decorative in the living room as is!
Today Judith and I drove to Hershey for a get together with some of the great ladies I talk to online. We met at Zoo America, and spent the afternoon socializing and looking at the different animals. Zoo America isn't a huge zoo, but it's a decent size: something like 11 acres, and they have different animals from all over North America. There were a few animals missing (most notably the bison that died in the recent floods), a few habitats under construction, and some animals sleeping/hiding, but overall we saw a good bulk of the animals housed there. It was such a fun afternoon - it was great to meet many of the ladies, and see a couple that I've met before!
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