MedEvac lift-off

Since today was a pretty ugly day, we thought that we would head out to some shopping. On our way to the mall, we drove past the Home Depot and they were having a safety demo day. Dave didn't feel like getting out of the car to see the fire trucks and police cars. However, we were lucky enough to be able to watch the MedEvac take off. Below the MedEvac is getting ready to take off.

Dave watching very closely to see it lift-off the ground.

Lift-off!!!

And away it goes.

Nightmare at Elmwood

Last night was the Member's only preview at Elmwood Park Zoo for their Nightmare at Elmwood exhibit for Halloween. Below is the giant spider that they had at the petting barn. Here Dave is checking out the foxes to see what they do at nighttime. Dave checking out some of the scary spiders!Here we were watching some of the animated Halloween decorations.And of course a stop to see the turtles!!!!

Ahoy, Matey!

I thought I would share a few pictures of Dave decorating his pirate pumpkin. He wasn't able to wait any longer, it was killing him to be able to decorate a pumpkin! Here he is adding the mustache.Next come the ears.How does my pumpkin look?And the finishing touch his pirate shoes.

Wordless Wednesday

R and J Farm Market

Since, Dave and I have been battling a cold for the past few days, we thought that we would head out for a little bit of fresh air! So we went to R and J Farm Market, on Allentown Road. They have a huge corn maze and we thought that Dave would really enjoy taking a a try at one. He has been asking to do a corn maze since the new Curious George show has one episode where George is in a corn maze race! So we took our little monkey to a corn maze. Here he is just before starting the maze, he thought he should sit for a few minutes to save up some energy in case we got lost. And off he goes! Chris giving Dave a little bit of help so that he doesn't get stuck at a dead end.This is what the maze looked like, and yes Dave did walk the entire 6-acre maze!Then we stopped to choose a few pumpkins. Aren't these cinderella pumpkins cool?!"Daddy, this one look just like a goose!! We need to take this one home.""Yes this one! I'm going to paint it to look like a bird.""Look this one is just my size!"

Wordless Wednesday

Philadelphia Zoo

Yesterday, Chris and I took Dave and Nan, my mom, to the Philadelphia zoo! Nan had not been to the Philly Zoo for 24 years, so she was very excited to go with Dave. Of course, I bet you can guess what we had to see first!!! Dave watching his favorite animals!He could spend hours watching these guys.Then it was off to find more turtles.These guys are a bit smaller than the huge ones that are outside.And a giant alligator snapping turtle. I think this is one of Dave's favorites.Dave learning to build an alligator nest.You would think that all the Philly Zoo owns, according to Dave, are turtles. Once we could pull Dave away from the turtles it was off to see the big cats.These big cats are only 18 months old. The trainer was trying to move them from one exhibit to another. She was bribing them with some sugar water.Then we headed to see Chris's favorite, the sloth.And this little guy was my favorite.One of the newest members of the zoo.Nan was actually playing with this penguin. He was following her shadow!Looks like the two of them had a lot of fun. After seeing every animal at the zoo we headed home.When we got home Dave had to check out Nan's wild animals.