longwood gardens

We went to Longwood Gardens this weekend. It was so pretty and really fun. We love taking pictures. Ellie used her iPod and Grace used her camera.

We liked seeing all of the cool flowers. Some of them were really pretty, some were really cool and some were really weird!!

We liked the Venus Fly Traps. We wished we had a fly so we could watch the plants eat a fly. We saw it on Planet Earth, but not in real life.

We even got to plant some plants.

It was really really fun. We want to go back when it is warm out and we can see all the stuff outside. Then we can take lots more pictures. And make sure you bring more batteries, because our camera ran out.

disclosure: we got to visit the museum free, thanks to visitphilly.com. please check our mom's blog for full disclosure policy.

academy of natural science

Today we had no school. (YIPEEEEEE) so we went to the Academy of Natural Science. Our brother calls it the dinosaur museum.
We like this museum a lot - it is kind of like a museum and a zoo, because it has a lot of live things you can see, too, which is really cool.
There wasn't a lot of people there, so it was like having our own museum. It was awesome, because the last time we went it was super crowded. We saw the dinosaurs first. They are a little scary because they have really big teeth. We're glad they are not alive anymore!! We were very brave:

Colin was giggling and screaming when the dinosaurs came behind us. It was so funny. We don't think he knows its just pretend!
Then we went upstairs and saw all kinds of animals. There was a real, real live shunk, but it didn't smell. We pet a lizard and turtles.

Then, we were the only ones in the whole place and we asked the lady if we could touch a bug! And she said okay! We were so so so scared. Mommy touched it first - so then we each decided to touch it. Then... it CLIMBED UP GRACE'S ARM!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! It was cool, but really gross. It was hard not to scream! Ellie thought it would jump on her head.

IT was so fun. We love museums.

p.s.
Ellie says "MOOOOOOOO!!!"

disclosure: we got to visit the museum free, thanks to visitphilly.com. please check our mom's blog for full disclosure policy.

SNOW

It finally, finally SNOWED! YAY!!!

We love sledding! One time we hit the tree, but it was okay because we weren't going very fast.

We wish it would snow more. This is the first time we got to go sledding all year. Next time it needs to snow on a school day!!

Christmas!!!

On Christmas Day, we got to see Marcus. He is so cute.

It was his first Christmas because he is a baby. He is 4 months old. I held him a lot. I like holding him.

We got donuts on Christmas morning. We love donuts.

Grace got a necklace with her name on it. She loved it.

Christmas is so so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We love Christmas!!!! And Jesus!

our kitties

We got cats for Christmas and we are so so happy. We were asking and asking and asking and asking for a pet and we were so surprised when Mom and Daddy said we could get one!

This is Shadow. She is tiny and black. She likes to get in trouble by climbing on the curtains and likes to pounce on things, like a puma. Her favorite things are playing with balls and snuggling with us.

This is Sadie. She is brown and black and white. She is a snuggle bug and has the loudest purr ever! (She is sitting in Ellie's lap.)

They really like the Christmas tree and keep patting the ornaments with their paws. They didn't knock it down, though. Colin did that with a baseball bat. Mom was not very happy and he got in trouble.

We LOOOOOOOVE having our kitties!!

charlotte's web play

On Saturday we went to another play. We love plays. You should go to plays because they are so fun to watch and so much better than a movie.

We saw Charlotte's Web. It is such a good book - we read it with Mommy and Daddy over the summer. We love animals and Charlotte and Wilber are our favorites. Templeton is a little mean in the book, but in the play he was really silly. Once he came running in from behind our seats and we JUMPED we were so surprised!!

We won a blue ribbon before the play started by playing games.

We got our hands painted and got tattoos and ate popcorn and made crafts.

The play was so so so good. Wilber was really funny when he ate and made a mess. Our favorite part was when he won the metal at the fair and when Avery broke the stinky egg. It even smelled like a barn in the theater! (Not like stinky animals, but like wood and hay.)

We got to meet Charlotte too!


We really love this play and think that everyone should go see it too, because it is really good and funny.




disclosure: ellie and grace attended this play with their mom, who received tickets to this show from the arden theatre. we were not compensated for this post. as always, all opinions are our own.

pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch with church. It was fun. We liked the gourds - they look like swans!

We ate apple cider donuts and had apple cider slushies (which are AWESOME) and had so much fun.
We didn't get to go on the hayride, because we were late, but we still got lots of hay everywhere!

grace's birthday

We had a moon bounce!

These are my friends. We had so much fun bouncing - I'm really good at twirling.

Uncle Billy made balloon animals. All the boys got swords.

Mommy and I made a RAINBOW CAKE! And we had sundaes too.

It was awesome! I loved my blue and white birthday party!!

baby marcus

This is our new cousin. His name is Marcus and he is REALLLLLLLLY cute!!!

We love him!!!

the dinosaur museum

On Saturday we went to the Academy of Natural Sciences. It was so cool.

We liked the dinosaurs best.

("AHHH!!! HE'S GOT US!!!")

And the butterflies. We saw one butterfly with a broken wing.

It was really really fun.

we love roller coasters

We went to Dorney Park with our family. We love to ride the roller coaster. It isn't very scary because its for kids. But its is still really fun.

This is the movie our dad took. Be careful. You might get sick!
(Gracie: Ellie is just kidding. You won't get sick.)
(Ellie: You might!!!)