All August...All Anna...All The Time...AAAAAAGHHH!!

Yes, as you may have guessed from the title of this post (and the conspicuous lack of blog entries in over ten days!!), I am now officially with child. That is to say, I have Anna for the entire month of August. No school...no daycare...NO EXIT!! (Where's Jean-Paul Sartre when you need him, huh?)

Of course I kid, I kid. It's great to be in the presence of a five year old...morning, noon and night. We're doing quite a bit together. Many places and people we have visited thus far. So much so, it's been hard to write about our fun on the blog, even though it's only been a little over a week!

However here I am with a report of our doings from this past Friday. All week Anna was excited to go to the West Goshen Carnival, an annual event up the road from us. All week, while out doing errands, we watched the amusements and rides being constructed on the field next to the West Goshen Firehouse. Once images of merry-go-rounds and petting zoos enter this little one's head, it's hard to get them out (and to keep her excitement in check!) In the future we'll ride in the opposite direction when doing errands and then spring the carnival on her on the last night. Better yet, maybe we won't even tell her it's in town!! (Again, I kid, I kid!!)

BUT...before this First Friday Fun Night, we had a whole day to get through. And with temperatures dropping, as well as the humidity, it was a perfect day to visit one of Philly's famous playgrounds: Smith Park. Now Anna was at Smith once before (two years back) but she doesn't recall the visit. Not a problem...she knew exactly what to do the minute we hopped out of the car in Fairmount Park. Check out the fun. (And for you locals who grew up in Philadelphia, you may recall the giant slide!):




Smith Park is a great place for kids in the summer. We'll be going back again before the season's up.

Later that day, after a nice nap (for both of us!) and a little dinner we headed out to the carnival where Anna met some of her old classmates from Pre-K! Wonderful time for the youngins! Check out the fun:




Well, those are two video highlights from the end of Week One. Week Two is already underway. Angela will be home from her biz trip to Orlando in two days, and then off we three go to the Great White North to visit friends along the beaches of Lake Huron. Oh Canada, LOOK OUT!!

-Marty