First I must address my birthday, which was lovely. Jonathan got me a cake and wrapped presents. And I enjoyed my favorite drink-the Addicted to Chocolate shake at Ben and Jerry's.
Jonathan had a conference in Philadelphia so we all made it a trip. We stayed in the same hotel that we did 2 years ago when we went and somehow got almost the same room too. Here's the marvelous view:
Benjiman Franklin Parkway is modeled after the Champs-Elysees. Beautiful! The building at the far end is the art museum made famous from 'Rocky'.
Caroline and I hit the streets all day. My favorite thing was the old Wanamaker Dept. Store, now a Macys. It has the largest organ in the world, built for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. We stood in the bottom part for the daily 12:00 recital and I loved it. It was like reading a book that you can't put down. Thankfully I had enough goldfish crackers so that Caroline could endure the hour long recital.
The Christmas tree is in front of the huge organ. (view is from the balcony..hard to capture how big it is)
Did I mention the goldfish crackers??!
She tried her first taste of butter.
Here we are at Rittenhouse square.
I am not making a political statement but this was an ironic tag to see the day after the election.
Jonathan had a conference in Philadelphia so we all made it a trip. We stayed in the same hotel that we did 2 years ago when we went and somehow got almost the same room too. Here's the marvelous view:
Benjiman Franklin Parkway is modeled after the Champs-Elysees. Beautiful! The building at the far end is the art museum made famous from 'Rocky'.Caroline and I hit the streets all day. My favorite thing was the old Wanamaker Dept. Store, now a Macys. It has the largest organ in the world, built for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. We stood in the bottom part for the daily 12:00 recital and I loved it. It was like reading a book that you can't put down. Thankfully I had enough goldfish crackers so that Caroline could endure the hour long recital.
The Christmas tree is in front of the huge organ. (view is from the balcony..hard to capture how big it is)Caroline got some good playtime in the hotel room.
We visited the King of Prussia mall...second in size only to the Mall of America.
Did I mention the goldfish crackers??!
She tried her first taste of butter.
Here we are at Rittenhouse square.On Saturday, we took the train to NYC for the day.
Snacks good for train rides too.
Snacks good for train rides too.We visited the Central Park zoo during a break in the rain. The sea lions were so cute. And so were the children visiting.
During the rain, this is what most people saw when they passed us. Nothing but legs.
Here we are strolling in Central Park. One of my motherhood fantasies fulfilled:)
Here we are strolling in Central Park. One of my motherhood fantasies fulfilled:)
And we had to have naptime in the stroller which was fine since it was raining. And I wanted Starbucks.
It was great. Now I have to unpack and get over this sickness I have had for a week!
2 comments:
What a trip! Caroline sure is a trooper. Austin would never survive outings like that! You guys are such a cute family. Ready for another one yet? :-)
I just looked at the cards. How cute is "wifey?" So freakin' sweet!
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