On Wednesday we had a family outing to Valley Forge National Park! I don't go to national parks that often but I'm always so grateful for them when I do. Valley Forge is a beautiful piece of Pennsylvania countryside. The park has nine different spots along a route that you can walk/bike/drive that help tell the story of what happened during the winter the American forces camped there during the Revolutionary War. We drove the route and got out at the main spots, for Hubby T and me to learn and explore and for Baby B to just be free. He's easily amused this kid.
We rested up on Wednesday afternoon and went to bed early because on Thursday we headed north for Baby B's first visit to New York City! Ben's Aunt KP has been living there for the last couple years, so we primarily went up to see her and get a feel for her "city life..."although I'm pretty sure that hadn't included hanging at Central Park playgrounds until we showed up!
We had a nice lunch at the South Street Seaport area, took a couple pictures on the pier with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, and then walked a few blocks to the 9/11 Memorial. I think 9/11 is still an event that's rather raw for many people individually and for our national conscience, so I really enjoyed this chance to visit the memorial and see how it's come together. I visited Ground Zero six months after the attack when there was a wooden platform you could walk on to kind of see where the buildings had fallen. Now there are two deep pools where the towers stood with the names of all the people who died that day and in the 1993 attack inscribed around them. I saw a couple names written as "Jane Smith and her unborn child." It's still so heartbreaking...
The museum they are building to accompany the memorial isn't open yet. I'm looking forward to going back again, hopefully once Baby B is old enough to understand it, to see how everything looks when it's all rebuilt.
Friday was a day to relax at home with all of Baby B's paternal great-grandparents who came for lunch and a visit. We played peek-a-boo with great-Grandmom...
Rode a horsey with great-Granddad...
And enjoyed a special serenade from Yiayia...
So much love for this little boy:) There were several other wonderful parts to our spring break, including a reunion of Hubby T's college small group before we drove to Pennsylvania, an Easter egg hunt, a brunch with my college roommate on the way back home and, of course, Easter! But life is quickly moving on so I will too. Suffice it to say that we are richly blessed with family and friends and love these times in our life when we get to spend quality time with them. Right Baby B?!
P.S. This blog post is dedicated to Baby B and Baby D, who both napped at the same time this afternoon (!), allowing me to write my Easter thank you notes, watch the Smash episode I missed Monday night, and write this post. Thanks boys!:)
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