Thoughts...

"Children laugh an average of three hundred or more times a day; adults laugh an average of five times a day. We have a lot of catching up to do."

Heather King, Crib Notes

Chuck E Cheese

Today, was a family day! And on family days Dave gets to decide what we do together. Sometimes, he decides to go fishing, or watch a movie together but today, he thought, a trip to Chuck E Cheese would be good idea.

Chris and Dave having a race to knock over as many ducks as they can.

Dave's most favorite game, you get to put out fires! And Chris thought maybe it would be good practice for fire school!

Dave trying to get the ball past the sneaky jungle animals.

Chris testing his strength!

Taking a shot at ski ball.

And Dave's other favorite game, you push the button to drop a huge bouncy ball into holes to win different amounts of tickets.

Pay it Forward!

I was so lucky to be one of the first three to respond to Melissa's Pay it Forward challenge! So now it's your turn to have a chance!

So here's how it works:

Pay It Forward

1. Be one of the first THREE BLOGGERS to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me.

2. Winners must post this challenge on their own blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE BLOGGERS who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your 3 friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate linky love! If you are not one of the top three commenter's on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same!

SO, REMEMBER...Pay it forward! Please don't sit there and think "well, I'd like to do this, but I'm just not very crafty...." Anything homemade is awesome, no matter how big/small, easy/hard it is! So please...just have fun with this! :)

Happy Crafting!

Bake Me A Wish giveaway!

Mama Cheaps is giving a chocolate cake away to one lucky reader!! Make sure you enter to get a chance to win this yummy cake!!

Middletown Grange Fair

Today, we went to the Middletown Grange Fair. It was incredibly hot walking around the big open field so we didn't stay as long this year as we did last year. But we still enjoyed a nice lunch and took a look at all the animals. Above, Dave was checking out all the different bunnies. I think he was thinking about asking to take one home!

That is one giant horse!

"I think this one is even bigger, he's taller than Daddy!"

A quick walk through the cows, they were pretty smelly in the heat.

The sheep had nice cool haircuts for weather!

Dave liked listening to the pigs snort.

And the hit of the entire Grange fair! A monster truck!!

Wordless Wednesday

What a great day!!

Today stated off as a huge excitement for Dave, it was his first train ride!! He was fantastic on the train and loved every minute of the ride into Philadelphia (and home again). The day was exciting for me too! We met up with one of my very old and dear friends, Belinda! We have been friends for about 20 years, wow times flies. This is one friendship that is a lifelong friendship.

After arriving at Suburban Station and meeting up with Belinda we headed to The Franklin, just a short walk from the station. (Our original plan was to go to the zoo, but with the overcast weather we thought it might be better to stay inside today.)

Above Dave and Nan are making different sized bubbles, the smaller the bubble the harder to make.

Dave the captain of a huge ship!

Making different fog horn sounds with their bottoms, HAHA!

This was one of Dave's favorite activities at The Framklin. You would put these little foam balls in the tube and place the vacuum hose on the the tube and the balls would jump out the other side.

Making a turtle spit water.

Dave and Belinda trying to figure out how to get the ball from one to the other, this took them quite a long time.

Then we moved into the space section of The Franklin. I'm not sure what Mom and Belinda are looking at, but it seems to have their attention, but not Dave's.

This was by far Dave's favorite part, he loved watching the marbles race to the center.

Trying to fly in the wind tunnel!!

"This is pretty hard, but fun!"

I think he got it...well kind of.

"Here Nan you try."

"HAHAHAHA!!!!!"

Taking an x-ray.

And of course the giant heart!!

And before heading to dinner at TGI Fridays, Dave tried his hands or feet, I guess you would say, at surfing.

Thank you so much Belinda for going to The Franklin with us, we had a great time, and it was wonderful to see you again. We will plan another trip down to Philly to see you again soon!!