The thing that drives me nuttiest about Blogger is that, when you upload pictures, they show up in reverse order. The thing that drives me nuttiest about posting on a Mac rather than a PC is that I cannot just drag my pictures around and drop them where I want them to go. So I'm going to recap the rest of the trip, starting with the end. Because I'm lazy like that.
Before we left for March Break, Cindy gave us these travel scavenger hunt sheets. We made a bunch of photocopies and thank goodness we did, because they were a smash hit. Mallory watched a couple movies (the drive was 5 hours each way) but Liam did NOTHING but scavenger hunts - I think he finished 3 in their entirety - and nap. This was quite a feat because while we saw lots on the roadsides at the start and end of our trip... there was a looooong stretch of Ohio interstate in the middle during which we saw pretty much nothing. And still he kept at it.
On our last morning in Pittsburgh, we went to the Children's Museum. It's rated one of the top 10 childrens' museums in the US and it's easy to see why. It's leaps and bounds above our local London children's museum. This is me in front of a wall of raining text.
This next picture is from the zoo. They do have penguins and the penguins do cheer for the hometown team.
What's this? Back to the children's museum. This was a huge Light Bright board that we had fun playing with.
The stairs in the museum... that all say 'ouch' or some variation thereof as you step on them. They were fun!
The souvenirs we picked up on our trip: Mallory got this stuffed penguin, which she immediately named Sidney Crosby. Except that she keeps calling him Cindy. With Cindy having been part of her life since the day she was born, I can't blame her!
Liam got a little Penguins zamboni. You knew it would be something hockey related, right?
The one culinary must-do in Pittsburgh is to go to Primanti Brothers for a sandwich. The sandwiches are big, meaty, cheesy, greasy messes, and they include the coleslaw and the fries INSIDE the bread.
Never fear... Mallory did get her swims in after all! Our hotel had worked out an arrangement with a neighbouring hotel for us to use their pool facilities, and provided a shuttle back and forth. Thank goodness. Otherwise there would have been a mutiny.
Yeah, these pictures are pretty out of order. Now we are back at the zoo, in the shark tunnel. Liam summoned the sharks by flashing his Jaws shirt and showing he was on their side.
This would have been a cool picture with the polar bear, if it weren't for the kid in it. (Not mine.)
One more at the pool, or rather, the hot tub. The kids got a kick out of this - it was pleasantly warm but not really hot like most hot tubs are. I set the timer on the camera and ran to get into this one, and with two seconds to go until the shutter clicked, Liam dropped a handful of foam on top of my head. I know it looks like I am frying an egg up there, but I swear I am not. This helps explain why Liam has such a funny little smirk on his face - he is SO proud of himself!
And with that... Pittsburgh was behind us. This week we started drawing up a fun little list of places we have been and places we want to go with the kids before they start leaving the nest in the next ten or fifteen years. Let's put it this way: there is not enough time or money. Chad currently has us pencilled in for two or three exotic vacations per year. I'd love to live that way... just not sure it's going to happen! Nice to dream about it, though.
Before we left for March Break, Cindy gave us these travel scavenger hunt sheets. We made a bunch of photocopies and thank goodness we did, because they were a smash hit. Mallory watched a couple movies (the drive was 5 hours each way) but Liam did NOTHING but scavenger hunts - I think he finished 3 in their entirety - and nap. This was quite a feat because while we saw lots on the roadsides at the start and end of our trip... there was a looooong stretch of Ohio interstate in the middle during which we saw pretty much nothing. And still he kept at it.
On our last morning in Pittsburgh, we went to the Children's Museum. It's rated one of the top 10 childrens' museums in the US and it's easy to see why. It's leaps and bounds above our local London children's museum. This is me in front of a wall of raining text.
This next picture is from the zoo. They do have penguins and the penguins do cheer for the hometown team.
What's this? Back to the children's museum. This was a huge Light Bright board that we had fun playing with.
The stairs in the museum... that all say 'ouch' or some variation thereof as you step on them. They were fun!
The souvenirs we picked up on our trip: Mallory got this stuffed penguin, which she immediately named Sidney Crosby. Except that she keeps calling him Cindy. With Cindy having been part of her life since the day she was born, I can't blame her!
Liam got a little Penguins zamboni. You knew it would be something hockey related, right?
The one culinary must-do in Pittsburgh is to go to Primanti Brothers for a sandwich. The sandwiches are big, meaty, cheesy, greasy messes, and they include the coleslaw and the fries INSIDE the bread.
Never fear... Mallory did get her swims in after all! Our hotel had worked out an arrangement with a neighbouring hotel for us to use their pool facilities, and provided a shuttle back and forth. Thank goodness. Otherwise there would have been a mutiny.
Yeah, these pictures are pretty out of order. Now we are back at the zoo, in the shark tunnel. Liam summoned the sharks by flashing his Jaws shirt and showing he was on their side.
This would have been a cool picture with the polar bear, if it weren't for the kid in it. (Not mine.)
One more at the pool, or rather, the hot tub. The kids got a kick out of this - it was pleasantly warm but not really hot like most hot tubs are. I set the timer on the camera and ran to get into this one, and with two seconds to go until the shutter clicked, Liam dropped a handful of foam on top of my head. I know it looks like I am frying an egg up there, but I swear I am not. This helps explain why Liam has such a funny little smirk on his face - he is SO proud of himself!
And with that... Pittsburgh was behind us. This week we started drawing up a fun little list of places we have been and places we want to go with the kids before they start leaving the nest in the next ten or fifteen years. Let's put it this way: there is not enough time or money. Chad currently has us pencilled in for two or three exotic vacations per year. I'd love to live that way... just not sure it's going to happen! Nice to dream about it, though.
4 comments:
another trip to the US, another trip of not coming to see me! :o(
go. to. Rochester!!! No NHL team, but a great kids museum and science centre.
Yah, lazy, that's what eveyone says about you :)
One day we will get to the Jersey Shore, Dawn! I think our next closest trip, according to The Master Vacation Schedule, is a road trip to Boston in something like 2015. I'll see if I can work it in somehow. :)
And yes, I know I have heard a million great things about the museum in Rochester. Are you guys going back sometime?
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