Philadelphia Zoo

                                     Carter can now say that he has indeed riden a camel.

                        Not wanting to have their picture taken but to bad we love you anyways.

At the Philadelphia Zoo you are not to feed the ducks (we did not know this) because they will bite and attack you. Luckily for us we were yelled at by an employee and not bitten and we still got to feed the ducks. You live and you learn. 

The very last thing we did at the zoo was of course the train as my children are obsessed with riding on trains and as a bonus "great-grandma" went on the train with them.

July 10, 2012

Philadelphia Aquarium

Guess who forgot to charge the battery to our camera OOPS at least we were able to get two pictures right? Well the aquarium is also one place that when we visit New Jersey we must stop in and see. Carter really wanted to see the hippopotamuses, and luckily for us we were there right after feeding time so Carter had oh so many questions about what was floating in the water. The sharks and being able to touch the sting rays were just a few of the highlights. Next time we will remember to charge the battery so there will be more pictures (we can only hope life goes as planed).

July 9, 2012

Road Trip To Baltimore

                                Dancing to the piano man playing, while we wait for our table.

                                      We came to visit John and Jen (friends from college).

                     Giant battle boat down by the river (close to the seafood restaurant we went to).

                                    Wishing the boat was open to explore, maybe next time.

On the way back to our car we spotted a musical park. Giant instruments that were usable for music and for playing in or on, it was pretty neat to see.

July 8, 2012

Last Night At The Borad Walk

                                      Most of the cousins all freaked out by the taffy man.

                        Carter loved this ride (Frogger, shoots you up in the air and back down again).

                               I just love how this picture captured Carter running for the front seat.

Carter, Tysen and Nadya's very last ride for 2012. They got lucky and both grandma and Dad went on the train with them.

July6, 2012

Last Day At The Beach

                                    Wind+sun+heat+cranky kids= Awesome Family Photo.

                                          Trying to catch the perfect sea shell with dad.

               Convincing Tysen that the water was not so bad while Nadya runs right out into the waves.

                  Holding on tightly to my little ones who both turned out to be dare devils for this photo.

Uncle Scott had a raft and let all the cousins ride in it. Carter finally became brave on this adventure and went out in the ocean.

Nadya desperately trying to go out in the raft and Carter not wanting to get out. If only photo's captured sounds as well you would hear screaming and crying.

July 6, 2012

Board Walk

                         It's TAFFY time. We got to see them making the taffy and got a sample.

                                                           WAITING and........

                                                          WAITING and...........

 WAITING for our ice cold gelato's to cool us down. Thanks dad for working so hard so that we could afford this trip.

July5, 2012

Lucy The Elephant

Every year that we are at the beach I make sure that we go see Lucy the Elephant (she is a historic land mark) this year was the first time that Tysen and Nadya got to see it. They were not too impressed but were more or less grateful to be out of the car.

July 5, 2012