Dutch Wonderland

I've heard great things about this nice amusement park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which is only about 2 1/2 hours away. It's called Dutch Wonderland and it has rides and games for young children. We packed up the van and headed out early Saturday morning. It was a rainy day, but we were able to do a lot in between little showers here and there. We had a really great time, but poor Drew still doesn't like the carousel-- he wanted off right away. I thought he might enjoy it this time since we tried it before. But I think he's got his daddy's genes since he doesn't like amusement rides either. We took a fun ride on the log flume and got splashed at the end. It was a little fast and steep, so I'm surprised they said it was for little kids like Libby and Drew. After that, we stuck to the really slow, but fun kiddy rides. We headed out as it started pouring late that afternoon. It was a breezy day-- so much so that we had to buy sweatshirts for Libby and Drew-- in JUNE! But we had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back again.

It was funny b/c the mom next to me was calling her daughter Lizzy. It was a little confusing!

We laughed during this one b/c Drew had a death grip on the gun on the front of the airplane. He was looking a little "Terminator-ish", which scares me. ;)

Low, Low

Libby has been so cute singing lately. She keeps going back to some jibber jabber and then sings "Low, low, low, low" in a deep voice. It's really funny. We've been imitating her and have wondered where she heard this or what song it was from. Then, the more I thought about it, it sounds EXACTLY like the song "Low, Low" that's out right now (I guess??) Take a listen...

So now I wonder where on earth she'd ever heard this song! Every day at daycare, the kids have fun dancing to music before the parents pick them up. I hear different kinds of music every time and Drew dances the best to the Latin songs! I'm wondering if their sitter let her 8th-grade son pick out the music one day? I think it's pretty funny but hope there aren't any bad words she'd pick up from it. Oh my gosh--- I sound like I'm 75 years old, don't I??

Strawberry Picking

Today we took a nice drive out to Great Country Farms for their Strawberry Festival. It was our first time to this farm and we had such a great time. We plan to go back for blueberries in a few weeks and pumpkins in the fall. There were so many fun things for the kids to do, plus it wasn't very crowded since we got there early. And the weather was so nice after almost a week of non-stop rain! The patch was full of the most delicious strawberries I've ever eaten. Good thing they are grown chemical-free b/c we ate about a pint while picking! We came home with about a flat and even made homemade strawberry ice cream, which was sooo good. Now, I need to surf online for some other recipes since we still have tons of strawberries left over!

Our Portraits are Here

I picked up the portraits and they are gorgeous. It was so hard to pick only 20 for the CD, but we came up with these...

Bye Bye Nemo... for now

I've assumed that no matter the age, everyone dreams in some way or another. But I wonder if L&D's age is one where dreams become more vivid or even nightmares. Libby has not been sleeping well the past few nights. She wakes up crying like she's hurt, but doesn't seem to be when we check on her. It's the saddest cry ever-- like she's afraid or maybe having a nightmare. Last night, she just wanted me to hold and rock her, which I don't really mind. ;) But after I put her back down, she tossed and turned all night long. No crying- just awake and unsettled. Poor little girl.

So, I was talking to my friend, Leslie, at work today and she asked if they had seen any new movies lately that may have been scary to them. Turns out that Darrell bought "Finding Nemo" last weekend and thought he fast forwarded through the bad parts. But there's a scene with a robot-machine-looking piranha that is scary to me! As soon as it came on, I ran over to the TV, but they did see a second or 2 of it. So, sorry Nemo, but you're officially being put on hold for another few years. This makes me ponder--- why is Disney so opposed to women and mothers? Almost every movie of theirs has some sort of mother dying or turning into an evil witch or something. What's the deal??

Meanwhile, as I'm rocking Libby last night, Drew was turning a little bit, but still asleep. Then all of a sudden, he started giggling and had the biggest smile on his face. It was the cutest thing. He only did it a couple of times, but I wonder what he was dreaming about because he surely was tickled! Libby looked at him and then up at me as in, "What's so funny?" Maybe he was thinking about his favorite new movie "Cars" and "Nie Nih MaNeen"! I think that one is safe for now since there's no talk of his mom anywhere in it.