Sesame Place

We took Lorelai to Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA. This place is pretty much geared towards toddlers so we rode rides, played on mats, slid down slides, ate with the characters, watched the parade and had a big time. It was too chilly to do the water park part (plus I think we would have needed a whole extra day for that)... so we're going to try to go back next summer for two days at Sesame!

Donald & Nancy!!!

Philadelphia

We are home from our whirl-wind adventure to the East Coast!!! I will be uploading pictures from all of our stops... including Princeton, Sesame Place, and NYC! Here we were in Philadelphia, PA with my dad's amazing cousin, Nancy, and her fabulous husband, Donald!! We are so grateful to have the most fantastic family in the world... who just happen to live in such an exciting city! We arrived in Philly on 9-11 and seeing the Liberty Bell was a fun patriotic adventure.

Happy Birthday Dad/ Pa

My dad is 60 today! Happy Birthday!!! We love you... thanks for being you!

3 Years

It is my three year anniversary of donating bone marrow. I think about my recipient often, and especially at Christmas time because that is when I first found out about her. I wonder if she is cured, if something in my blood fixed what was wrong in hers. I think about what an emotional experience the anonymous donation was for me, and about the faces that I met and that thanked me on on my many trips to Vanderbilt that weren't anonymous at all.

I still don't know her name. I don't know where she lives, or what she does. In fact, I don't even know if she is alive. I don't know if she has her own little Gomers.... it is very unlikely but I would love to meet her one day.

Clint's Luau

Clint's Luau

Happy Birthday Clint!

We went to a Surprise Luau for our friend Clint this past weekend!

Safari Park

We went to the Labor Day Special at The Tennessee Safari Park. This place is amazing and we'll certainly be going back, a lot!

http://www.tennesseesafaripark.com/

Lorelai feeding Jerry

Feeding Jerry

Lorelai even fed Jerry the Giraffe... she held out the carrot and then turned her head while he scopped it up with his tounge... so cool!

Face Painting and Horse Rides

Lorelai had her face painted with a pony in honor of the horse rides! We almost missed the rides, they were closing when we walked up... luckily I was able to shamelessly beg them into letting Lorelai ride too... she had been saying "pone" since I told her about them this morning. (As soon as I mentioned it, she went to the door, purse on her shoulder, and waited impatiently for Mommy to get ready... there was no way I was leaving the park with out her getting a ride!)

Lunch!

For lunch they served FREE hot dogs... Lorelai ate her entire hot dog and bun!

Llama

So fun you just hang out the window...

to touch and feed the animals!

Antelope

Scary

This thing terrified me... he stuck his beak right into the car and nipped the steering wheel! I screamed like a little girl and scurried to the other side of the car while my mom, dad, and Lorelai cracked up!

Here have some snacks...

Getting food ready for the zebras...

Pa's Swing

Rusty, Lorelai, and I bought an outdoor swing for my dad's birthday. We didn't really have a way to hide it at our house so we gave it to him early! And, as you can see, Lorelai LOVES using it too!