Dancing

Katie started taking ballet and tap at school. They have an instructor come right to her day care and she has a 45 minute lesson once a week. This is her first day.
She is so intense. Following the teachers every move. I wish she would listen to me like that.

She did so well, and looks sooo cute. She has a recital in the spring - can't wait.

Knoebels

Well I have heard a lot about Knoebel's. Katie went at the beginning of the summer with my parents and Bill and I decided we should go. Katie was all excited - it was a long day but we had a great time.
Papa was her best from the day - that was until he soaked her on the log flume.

Katie enjoyed climbing on the bridge.

Not sure Bill felt the same way - but he went anyway.

On the little whip.

The little bug ride.

I think she got a little bored and was making funny faces

The small train ride.

The big slide - it was a great ride down - walking up was a different story. We did it once together then she went down by herself - she is getting to be such a big girl.

These remind me a lot of rides we went on as kids. I can hear my mom now yelling at my brother - keep you hands out of the water!

Bill got to take Katie for a short boat ride - she didn't want to steer.

Katie decided to take Papa with her on the big roller coaster - this is probably the biggest one she's been on so far.

Not quite sure if she enjoyed it or not. She said it was fun but didn't want to go back on it.

The buccaneer - wish I didn't go on this on.

The big whip - yeehaa

The log flume - must of went on this one 4 -5 times - the water was really cold.

Antique cars - again didn't want to drive

but then she drove the little go carts - she was amazing - first time on something like this and she did great.

A little mining for gold - she had a blast with this.

What a great day - definitely look forward to going back again next year.

Philadelphia Zoo

Katie and I met my parents at the Philadelphia Zoo a few weeks ago. We went mid-week so it wasn't crowded but it was hot. Thankfully the zoo is fairly shaded so it wasn't too bad. Katie was a little cranky - she was hot and tired from a bad nights sleep - and she kept asking about going on rides.
The rhino was actually up and moving around - which was nice to see. Boy is he a big guy.

These little frogs were so small and cute. They would just hang on the bottom of the leaves - at first we thought the exhibit was closed until Katie spotted them on the leaves.

The baby giraffe was out - very cute following her mom very closely

Huge gorillas - this one is just chilling in her food bowl.

Checking out the animals

They still had the Lego exhibit going on. It was pretty amazing and life-like.

Polar bear

Penguins

Monkeys

Finally - the rides. The carousel was gorgeous.

She rode on a butterfly.

Then the swan paddle boats

Water Park

The water park was accessible through the theme park. We packed our bathing suits, towels and change of clothes. Katie wasn't really into it though. I was hoping she would be more excited because there was more rides/slides there that she/we could of gone on but she wasn't interested.
They did have a nice kiddie area that wasn't too crazy. This was a cute little submarine being attacked by an octopus - two slides and water spraying.
This was a huge structure with nets and ladders and water guns and sprinklers - with some slides attached that she didn't want to go down. We did walk around it and had some fun.

This was a "big" ride that we both went on. Pretty cool - we both had fun. Sit in a big raft which is taken up on a conveyor then spins around as it goes down the rainbow track. We did one other big water ride which was a lot of fun.

Six Flags New England

We spent the day at Six Flags - they have a water park attached to the theme park which we did pop into, Katie wasn't really into it so we didn't spend too much time there - I will post some photo
They had Thomas Town right at the start. She knows Thomas but never really got into it. We went there and had fun.

Took a ride on Thomas.

Flew on Harold

Then off to Wiggles World. We have one at our Six Flags but thankfully all the rides were different. This one is like the buccaneer but the ship also rotates 360 degrees - fun. there is a video below.

It was hot there also she cooled off at Henry the Octopus.

Wild Spaghetti Rodeo wagons.

Dorothy the Dinosaur Tea cups ( which thankfully I was too big to go on with her - those things flip my stomach around )

Then off to Looney Tune Land. They had a small roller coaster which she liked but knocked me all over the place. We "drove" the jeeps with the Taz

Up into space with Martin the Martian

Beautiful end to a great day

Oh, they had a game booth for kids. Anyone under 54'' would play until they won. Sounds good right? Well they had to throw darts at balloons and pop them ( very difficult for Katie ). After about the tenth toss she was able to hit the counter top that the balloons were on. The attendant was very patient with her. I think she lost two darts in the bins of stuffed animals. After about a dozen attempts she was able to hit one or two balloons , but unfortunately with no amount of strength so the darts promptly bounced off the balloons. The attendant was willing to let her keep trying and Katie also wanted to but after the dart hit the poor lady in the foot I called it quits. Katie walked away with 4 small stuffed frogs ( just what she needs - more stuffed animals)

I would like to think she had a wonderful time. Here she is passed out in the car. I was hoping she would of made in to the hotel ( which was 7 miles away ) before passing out. But no - so I had to carry her and her frogs upstairs to our room.