Crayola Factory

We spent the day at the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA yesterday (it felt so good to take off from work!). I have been planning it for a few weeks now and was very excited to bring baby K there, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too high in case she didn't like it. Fortunately, she had a great time (as we all did). The place wasn't that big, but we spent a good amount of time on each activity they offered. Baby K even made early birthday cards for gong gong, por por, and grandma. She was so busy enjoying herself that she didn't nap until we left at 4:00pm (at which point she promptly conked out in the car). Here are some pictures from our day of fun. As usual, my little girl doesn't like to smile for the camera.
Out of the 126 photos taken yesterday, here's my favorite one:

Family Day

It was nice to have this past Monday off (thank you, past presidents!). We spent the morning in New Brunswick, where the State Theatre hosted a "Family Day" event, offering children's activities (most of them requiring a fee) throughout the day. We took advantage of the free activities and enjoyed a mini-concert at the Crossroads Theatre. I thought the music would be too loud for baby K, but she seemed to enjoy it (despite the blank stare on her face as she was watching the kid's rock band "Starfish" perform). Afterwards, we visited the United Methodist Church where the front of the sanctuary offered a display of animal pelts, courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo. It probably wasn't worth the 20-minute wait it took to get to the front since there weren't many real animals to look at and baby K wasn't interested in touching the pelts (not that I blame her), but she did get to see a cute little hedgehog. We also took pictures with a few costume characters and baby K experienced her first visit in a fire truck.

VeggieTales Dance

It's been a while since baby K has watched VeggieTales. She's been on such a Sesame Street craze that all other characters have been put to the back-burner. Maybe she's finally getting over it since she was going through her collection of DVDs the other day and asked to play "Where's God When I'm Scared." It's good to know my little girl hasn't forgotten her beloved veggie friends. This video captures her dancing to the theme song (for the second time in a row). I love how she's all out of breath by the end of it and automatically plops herself down on the couch to watch the rest of the show.

Bouncing Fun

Baby K came down with a terrible cold on Friday... to the point where her daycare called me three times and had me go pick her up early. She didn't have a fever, but was crying non-stop and pretty much inconsolable. She looked so miserable that I was afraid we'd have to cancel our plans the next day to go to JG's birthday party in Long Island. We didn't decide until we woke up Saturday morning. Fortunately, baby K seemed to be in better spirits by then and the leaky faucet (otherwise known as her nose) was halted.

We got off to a late start since none of us slept well the night before, but made it to the party place just in time. Baby K had so much fun going through the inflatable slides and bounce houses that we may consider having her next birthday party at a similar place.