Labor Day weekend- Trip to Philadelphia

For the holiday weekend we invited ourselves to my aunt's house in Pennsylvania.  We had our friends Kelly, Chag, and Tiago join us for the ride.  We took the opportunity to visit Philadelphia and some of the cool sites they have specifically for children.  Our first stop was The Please Touch Museum.  It is two floors of exhibits completely designed for children.  They have absolutely everything from a Alice In Wonderland exhibit to a mini super market, hospital, shoe store, and auto repair shop.  The kids went crazy touching and climbing everything. Here are some of the best shots:

Entering the rabbit hole 

Doing some shopping at the super market

Eli working on a car 

You can tell Eli loves to splash!

The next day we visited the Smith Memorial Playground and Mansion.  This was the best playground  we have visited so far.  What's really special about this playground is that it's actually a mansion that has been turned into a play space for children.  Three whole floors of toys for kids.  The backyard of the mansion is a very beautiful out door play ground which has a large wooden slide.  The best part about this playground is that it's free! The children had a blast BUT it was extremely hot and had to leave due to the heat.  We went back to my aunt's house and decided to cool off with some "slip and slides" and sprinklers.  I love Tiago and Eli together. They are just so much fun to watch.  We feel very lucky to have met such a wonderful family that we have so much in common with! Here are the rest of the pictures from our trip:

The group getting ready to have some fun!

More shopping! 

I love to see Eli's big smile!  

The Huge slide

This was so much fun!

And finally cooling off with a little help from a water slide, water balloons, and a pool. These little boys are living the fabulous life! 

This weekend was one of the best we had all summer! We hope everyone enjoyed as much as we did! 

Luv 

Eli & Mommy

Catching up!

We wanted to take some time out to catch up with everyone, since we haven't been able to blog lately.   Last week Eli and I had to tough out a "hurricane scare" all on our own.  It's amazing how things like that would never scare me pre-baby.  As a mother your whole perspective changes.  Usually I was the one making fun of all the frantic people at the grocery stores buying bundles of food but this time I joined them.  When you have children you just can't take any chances.  We got prepared by buying lot's of water, batteries, candles, jar food, and non-refrigerated milk.    It was extra scary because Rigo was not going to be home since he had to work, so it was just Eli, the cat, and myself.  Thank goodness the storm passed without breaking a tree branch in our neighborhood.  But keeping a toddler entertained in doors for over 24 hours was a bit of a mission.  Here is how Eli and I spent our time:

We got in touch with our "artsy" side again: 

After the huge mess (Eli got paint all over the doors and floor) it was bubble bath time! 

 Then after watching the scary news we decided it would be a good idea to make some tin foil hats and do a rain dance while bouncing up and down on the couch...

The very next morning things were still a little crazy outside so Eli and I decided to play super hero.  Eli got to wear this special cool cape... (it's amazing how much you can do with a burp cloth). 

It was around this time that the "hurricane" dissolved into a tropical storm and daddy got to come home! ***Thank Goodness***

Eli & Mommy