An exciting vacation to Philly

We decided to go ahead and take a quick trip to Philadelphia since our plans to travel to Utah over the break were canceled. Our first stop there was to the "Please Touch Children's Museum." Olivia had a great time. She especially loved the tea party with Alice's friends the Mad Hatter and Mr. Rabbit. We had a hard time getting her away from there without making a scene!


We've been practicing for mutton busting. . .next step is practicing with a live animal. You're almost there, Liv!
The Liberty Bell. . .Olivia loved it, so much we decided to buy her a mini replica, which helped her survive the stroller rides the rest of the day.
The aquarium was pretty cool. It had all the standard things, like touch and see pools with sharks, rays, and other fun creatures. We had fun, mostly because we let Olivia have the full run of the place and just kept her from climbing on things. The most popular attraction, strangely enough, was the ramp that was behind this fish cutout board. Back and forth, back and forth. . .
On the way home, we made a stop at Hershey's Chocolate World (thanks Kendra for reminding me about it!). Liv and Nate got to "make" hershey's kisses. . .
But funnest of all was the train ride "tour" of how Hershey's makes the chocolate. Mmm. . .it smelled really good. But of course, Olivia was mostly interested in the talking and singing cows (and the free candy at the end, and the long ramp after the ride is all over).Yeah! Finally a nice day--Olivia actually went to the park without her parka on. Today was such a nice day, I hope it is the first of many. Nate got home from the forest just in time to take her out, and they had a great time.
Note the "weeeeeeeeee" as she goes down the slide in the video. She's been begging for the "slippery slide" for days.