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.

NYC with Mommy

On Friday, I got to miss school and go to New York City to meet MO WILLEMS! I LOVE MO WILLEMS! He writes the best, funniest books. My favorite is Knuffle Bunny, but Elephant and Piggie and the Pigeon are my favorites too. I even have a Knuffle Bunny toy that I bought with my allowance.

First when we got off the train, we took a taxi to the American Girl Store so I could spend the gift cards I got for my birthday. That was SO FUN. I got the ballet outfit and the movie dress for my Ruthie. I was really excited! I changed Ruthie into her new dress while we took another taxi to meet Mo so she would look extra pretty.

Then we went to a restaurant and had cupcakes while we waited for Mo to arrive. I played with the Pigeon App on the iPad - it was really neat. I learned how to draw a pigeon and it is so easy. I'm such a great pigeon drawer now, see?

I got to meet Mo, who was so funny and nice. We took a picture and we were monsters.

Mo even signed a book for me! And he signed a book for my kindergarten teacher because she loves Mo Willems even more than me. She has an Elephant and Piggie tshirt!!
After that, we went to Times Square, which is my favorite place in New York, except for the American Girl Store.

Its really busy and you have to hold someone's hand so you don't get lost. We got a Starbucks (yummmmmm) and then we went to the big Toys R Us and they had a whole Barbie room! SO cool!!!

It was such a super fun day. I can't wait to go back to New York again. I want to move there and ride in taxis every day!!

disclosure: we attended this event as guests of Disney Digital Books and were provided with transportation and a gift bag. As always, all opinions are grace's, as told to mommy.

we went to williamsburg

This weekend we went to Williamsburg. It is in Virginia - it was a long car ride away but it was really fun.
Gracie really liked Colonial Williamsburg. "I bought two bonnets and loved playing the stick and hoop game."

Gracie also really loved getting to hold the new baby chick at Yorktown's farm. "He was really really soft and made teeny tiny chirping noises, which was so so cute."

Ellie's favorite part was the Powhaton Indian Village at Jamestown. "We studied the Eastern Woodlands Indians in school this year, so seeing a real village was so cool. I even got to play the game where you throw corn arrows through a hoop that we read about in school."

We also went to Water Country USA and Busch Gardens. We really liked Busch Gardens - it was really really fun. The rides were so cool and we really loved seeing the animals. Ellie really likes wolves, so seeing the wolf show was neat.  The roller coaster was great - see how much we liked it? We're SCREAMMMMING!

Roller coasters are so fun because you get to scream AS LOUD AS YOU CAN. We're good at screaming!!!

We had such a fun time in Williamsburg and we can't wait to go back!!

For more information on travel to Williamsburg, visit http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/.

disclosure: we received complimentary admission to colonial williamsburg with our mom. as always, all opinions are ours, although usually slightly edited by our mom.

trip to the farm

We went to a farm with our mom that makes Horizon Milk. Our grandma came too. It was really hot and there were lots of flies. So we drank lots of milk and water. But we really likes seeing the cows and animals. We saw cows, ducks, chickens, a cat, and a dog. There was a little baby cow who was so little that he had to eat out of a baby bottle!

Farmer Barry said that the cow was so new that he didn't like people very much and was afraid of them. But he let us pet him. We think that he liked us.

The girl in the pink is our friend Becca. She is super nice and fun to play with. We like to go to her house and ride bikes together.

We had lots of fun and we want to go back to the farm someday!

disclosure: our mom was provided with a gift card to cover gas and tolls, as well as lunch on the farm for our. as always, all opinions are my ours.

ocean city

Last week we went to Ocean City for family vacation.

We got hermit crabs! Mine is named July because it has an American flag shell. Gracie's is named Pearl. Colin's is named Crabby.

We found little crabs on the beach. We held one.

(This is Grace holding the crab.)

It was so cool.

This crab did not pinch and it tickled. The other crab we found kept pinching Daddy's thumb. He did not like that.

The pinchy crab kept trying to bury itself in the sand to hide. 

WE LOVE THE BEACH!!

--ELLIE