Weekend on Chocolate Avenue

Yes, it's been A Long Time. So far, not so great at blogging regularly, but here's an update.

For our daughter's birthday, she decided that she would accept a family weekend trip in lieu of a birthday party with her friends. And for those of you who have not yet paid for a child's birthday party at a kid-friendly location with cake, refreshments, favor bags, decorations and balloons. . . yes, a weekend trip for four is cheaper.

Sleeping in a hotel room is so cool!

Thankfully, Meg had a good example in the form of her brother, who had chosen similarly last January, when we spent a weekend in icy Erie at Splash Lagoon, the indoor waterpark that advertises that it is 84'F year-round, which, in January, was a major drawing card.

Meg chose a visit to Hershey Park. Unfortunately, the kids are getting to the point where they really don't want to stand for pictures, so there is not as much pictorial evidence as in trips past (for said evidence, I would present the 600+ pictures we took at Disney, however it would take 56 hours to upload them. You're welcome.)

In front of the Milton Hershey statue.

Chocolate World. Almost as good as Spaceship Earth at Disney.

Very excited to see VERY large chocolate bars.

Face painting at $15 a pop. We made her spend her own duckets on that one.

M.J. and Eth

O.K., Mom. We'll smile if you absolutely require it.