Winter Va-kay Part 2

So we got to the hotel after our fun trip to Winter Wonderland. And what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a room full of inflatables and games. So, we went in and had some free fun. The kids jumped in the moon bounce, ran the obstacle course and crawled through a giant caterpillar. In the morning we got up and went to our Smorgasbord breakfast. Then we suited up and played in the pool for a couple hours. No wonder we love staying there!

Thanks to my husband's superstellar computer skills I am able to use the desktop computer from my laptop remotely and bring you these pictures.


I didn't get any really good ones, but these get the point across. As Ryan said when he saw the stuff at the hotel, "More fun?! This is the best day we've spent at Dutch Wonderland ever!"

Winter Wonderland

Every year we go to Dutch Wonderland for their Winter Wonderland Christmas Celebration. I love it for many reasons. For one thing all the amusement parks in the area close when it's not summer and it's a good chance to get some fun ride action in for the kids during the winter.

Here Ryan and Lily enjoy the Whip.

Ryan got to ride the Space Shuttle for the first time this trip, but I didn't get to take a picture because I stayed with Lily while she rode the Whip again.

We played with the "ice cubes" for a while. Zach actually managed to build an igloo like structure.

Of course the kids had to ride the Frog Hopper, always a favorite.

Jay and the boys rode the bumper cars.



One might think he knew I was taking this picture, but he didn't.

This is Zach. I know you can't tell except for the signature green clothing and green car, but the only time he faced me was when the bar in the front blocked his face.

This carousel is my favorite. It's so pretty especially at night.

Lily loves the carousel too. We rode it twice. Once at the very end of the evening. It was a beautiful way to finish our night. The had this really cool light show this year. I think it was new because I don't remember it from previous trips. It was amazing though. They had all these Christmas lights in a big field and they had them "dance" to Christmas music. Dance is the best word I could come up with to describe it. It was very cool. I would have taken pictures, but I wouldn't be able to do it justice and we didn't really stop to watch it. We just kind of enjoyed it as we walked around. I'm hoping to get a spring or summer trip to Dutch Wonderland in this year if anyone is interested. It's a relatively short drive.

Happy New Year

We went up to PA for our annual post-Christmas trip to Winter Wonderland. It's always fun. I really like that they celebrate Christmas with no apologies. I also love the atmosphere of the area. The Pennsylvania Dutch country is so interesting and peaceful. I'll post pictures when I have them uploaded.

Revitalization

I was making a book of Lily's first year yesterday. I know I'm a slacker, but the point is I spent some time checking through my old blog entries. I was looking for facts about her firsts, but what I found was much more than that. As I read I relived moments in time. Some moments I didn't remember until I read the entry. Some moments I remembered, but loved thinking about again. It was wonderful. I realized I want to keep capturing those moments so I can look back and my kids can read them some day. I have not been doing a good job keeping up with my blog, but today I am making the decision to revive this old blog.

Can we go to the post office?

Yesterday Ryan came up to me and said, "Can we go to the post office tomorrow?"
"Sure," I said.
He beamed and held up an envelope with "To God" written on the front.
I said, "Oh, you wrote a letter to God. What did you write to him about?" I was expecting something about Christmas.
"I asked him to make Petey (his friend from school) feel better tomorrow." Apparently Petey has the flu, poor kid.

Sometimes a child's faith and innocence can really melt your heart.