A Sweet Spot

From the looks of Ben, it would seem we were going camping for our summer vacation, but no, we headed to Hershey, for some sweet southeastern PA fun. Ben did bring his sleeping bag, but we left the boots at home.

Since the weather was rainy when we woke up our first day, we changed our plans and headed to Strasburg Railroad where we rode a restored Victorian rail car.

Hannah learned all about Amish country and enjoyed the ride. Afterward, we visited the museum and saw an entire warehouse full of trains, Ben and Hannah thought is was great. Later in the day we went to Chocolate World where we saw a 3D show, took a "tour" of the factory and of course got some yummy souvenirs!

Dutch Wonderland, more like kiddie wonderland.

Hannah was tall enough to ride everything, and I think she almost did! She and Ben were both so excited to ride in bumper cars for the first time.

Yea! A whole family photo from our photographer, oops, I mean Aunt Juls!

Our nanny, um, Aunt Juls, with "Jeffers" on the monorail, the second ride of the day for Jefferson, his first was the gondola boats.

Before heading home, we decided to rely on Ms. GPS to get us to the Crayola Museum in Easton, PA. It was really great.

Hannah coloring her Model Magic mermaid. We got all sorts of fun things to bring home. We even went to a special show to see how they make crayons and markers.

Part of the museum is for canals, so Ben learned how they worked and spent quite some time making his own canals and floating the boats.

So is a family vacation for a family with three kids, going to several different places, and staying in a hotel room possible, OF COURSE IT IS. And I would even say is was really fun! Thank you both to Aunt Julie and Aunt Juls for your help, it's more than appreciated.

Check back soon for a picture of Jefferson's big baby boy hair cut...