Favorite Foto Friday (#7)

Ok, this pic keeps coming up blurry. Anyway, this is a carnival outside a hotel I was staying at in Spain. I had to take a picture because it was the weirdest thing!!! There was a HUGE American flag hanging on some sort of construction vehicle nearby and then there were typical carnvial games. This one is small children shooting rifles at miniature shot bottles full of alcohol!!! It was so surreal.

I suppose it is also a reminder of how secure other countries are. This sort of game would raise all sorts of issues in the states and children who had problems later in life would blame games such as this. I wonder what the difference is? Maybe it's that 3 hour siesta in Spain. Maybe I should adopt that practice.....

The Elephant in the Room

Haa. I would like to just name this Noah is Cute. Because he is. I read in a parenting magazine to buy some small toys before going on a long trip. You are supposed to wrap them up and hide them in your bag so that when a crisis is near a new and fun thing is waiting. I did just this, getting some small puzzles and coloring books, a baby doll and a bottle and other random things. I bought this elephant against my better judgment, mostly because Noah is obsessed with elephants. Well, it broke when I opened the package and so it never made it to Iceland. Noah saw it one day and just fell in love with it. Here is the interaction with the one ear-ed elephant in the room. And the mean mommy in the background!!!

Knoebel's

Last Saturday my family held a picnic at Knoebel's Grove in Elysburg, PA. It was a lovely (hot, muggy) day in the middle of nowhere. We left the house at 9 and arrived at 1:30pm! Now, mind you, we picked up my brother and stopped for the potty tons of times. We rode about 10 rides and headed out around 5 only to return home at 9 PM.

If you are closer than we are, we highly recommend this place! It is CHEAP!!! and the rides are fun. Noah loved his adventures with mommy and daddy.


But what Knoebel's really marks is the end of the summer. We had such a fantastic summer. We did everything!!

Several trips to the Phila Zoo
The Beach
International Travel
Water Parks
Sesame Place
Hiking
Pool Parties
Tons of Barbeques
Fireworks
Great nights on the swingset and in the sandbox
Swimming at MomMom's and PopPop's
Tons of Playgrounds
Longwood Gardens
Knoebel's
The Fair
The local Dairy Farm

I don't even have a clue what my favorite thing was. We did SOOO much!! It was all wonderful and it is so great that Noah is at an age to have fun doing these things! He loves every new thing so much and never wants it to end. Now on to fall activities!!! Pumpkins and Cider here we come!!!!