Friday, October 24, 2014

Trip to Philidelphia

We had a great idea to head to Philadelphia as a combined B-day gift for Weston and Dallin. Weston had been wanting to see the Liberty Bell and Dallin is always up for an adventure. We got a great deal on a high-rise hotel where you can watch the fireworks from the 30th floor and it came with tickets to a children's museum. What could go wrong???
 First of all, the Liberty Bell was a little less than thrilling for Weston. We waited in a really long line to see that sucker. I guess we were all expecting something much bigger.


 There were some other activities nearby, it was the 4th of July in America's birthplace.


 Time for fireworks! This is going to be amazing. We got up there around 9:30 to make sure we had a great view.



 It was exciting at first:
 But there was a huge concert going on and on and on and on....
Levi fell asleep.
 Then Dallin fell asleep.  And finally Weston fell asleep. I even tried to wake them when the firework finally started around 11:45 but they were passed out. Oh well.
The next day we went to a giant kids museum. They had a blast. 










Weston turns 7!

A Phineas and Ferb Birthday for Weston.
He requested a Cake-Inator  for his cake.
That cake took a lot of effort, but Weston loved it so it was all worth it. 



 A very special birthday gift from Mommy. I made him his very own book with Curious George in it. The book came with a new stuffed robot "Rowie".








Dallin's Birthday!












A BATMAN birthday for the 4 year old. We had presents from family in the morning, and then cake and presents with friends in the evening.

Surprise

And then there was that time that Mike decided to throw me a surprise birthday party. He had catered Cafe Rio, he had games planned, babysitting for all the guests and told everyone to bring me gag gifts. I had absolutely no idea. So of course I just about melted down with a panic attack. I had to hide in my room (pretending to feed the baby) for a while before I could function like a gracious guest. Everyone had fun but golly, don't ever do that again!