Charleston, SC Vacation

We just got back from our vacation to Charleston, SC. We had a great time even though the weather was lousy. On Monday, a record was set for the all time low high temperature for that date. Add some wind and rain to the equation and then you will have the complete picture. We weren't planning on spending the whole day at the beach anyway, even though we were staying at the beach. We spent our time touring the historical attractions around Charleston like Fort Sumter (above) and the USS Yorktown (below). Colin really enjoyed all of the attention!

PA Railroad Museum

Since Colin is a big fan of the "Choo-Choos", we headed to Strasburg, PA today to visit the PA Railroad Museum. The museum has a very large space with many fully restored engines. Colin was interested in seeing the trains, but the most fascinating part for him was a play room that had a large Thomas the Train set and a large Geo-Trak set up. He could have stayed all day playing with these toys. Here he is in front of the Geo-Trak set to give you an idea. He is watching a train that you can activate that circles the track near the ceiling.

Philadelphia Zoo

This weekend we visited the Philadelphia Zoo for the first time. The Philadelphia Zoo claims to be the oldest in the US and consequently it is not as spread out as many of the newer zoos you are likely to visit. Good for seeing the animals up close, probably not so great for the animals. A good example was in the Big Cat area. Colin was close enough to start petting this lion if the glass was not there. Strangely enough he gets nervous about petting a small dog, but he was ready to pet the mane of the lion. I think this was his favorite part and the "Roar" of the lion is one of his favorite animal noises right now. We decided to join with a family membership so we may drag visitors to the zoo as an alternative to Longwood Gardens.

Splash Down!

Here is a game that Colin and I came up with recently that Colin really loves. We call it Splash Down. We start over by the door and count 1-2-3. Colin participates by counting "2" which appears to be his favorite number. Then we run hand in hand to jump on pillows and bedding. The pictures can give you a sense of how much he enjoys this game.

Splash Down!

Cousins over Easter

Here is a cute picture of Colin and his cousins Gavin and Keira over Easter weekend. They just keep getting bigger. We are looking forward to the warmest weekend of the year so far this weekend.

Easter Catch Up

Playing catch up again with pictures. Here are a couple of shots from Colin's first Easter Egg Hunt the week before Easter. We practiced in the house before hand and both Kristin and I were confident he would have a blast. I think it would have gone well if he was not force to wait for the start. These small kids had to wait outside the rope just a few feet from the eggs waiting for the starting annoucement. Actually, most of the kids were handling it well but not Colin. There were mostly a bit older, but Colin did not deal well with the idea of waiting that close to his naptime. After getting a few eggs in his basket he decided to dump them out again rather than continue to fill it up with more eggs. Big mistake. We were lucky enough by the end of the day to be left with 4 eggs. Way to go Colin!

Happy Easter 2009

Colin had a very busy Easter Weekend down in DC visiting his relatives. On Saturday, we went to an Easter brunch with his Grandparents, cousins and Aunt Alison. He had a great time running around with all of the kids. We had our picture taken with the Easter Bunny and this went much better than the trip to see Santa 4 months ago. No fear at all of the 6 foot tall bunny rabbit.

Colin did not participate in many of the arts and crafts that were available for the kids. Not enough patience. They had buckets you could decorate with Easter images. Without prompting, Colin immediately started putting the bucket on his head which became a fun game. You can see from the picture that he did not just leave it on for a second. I think we have a goofball.