Spring Break Fun

Over Spring Break we went to Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. We tasted the chocolate (my favorite part), we learned about the making of the Hershey company, and had the best chocolate milkshake ever!




We also went to the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA (near where I work). They show you how crayons and markers are made and give the kids tokens to use in crayon and marker vending machines throughout the factory. They had fun creating lots of things using the markers, crayons, and the model magic. They even had sidewalk chalk!

Tradtional Dyeing of the Eggs for Easter

We spent the evening Friday night doing the traditional dyeing of the Easter eggs. This is the first time that Whitney has ever dyed Easter eggs and she dis quite a good job. She picked her color, put her egg in and had it done in no time! She then transferred the egg to the carton all by herself.

Blaine also had his own dyeing cups and worked on his own set of eggs. I think they both did a good job! Now we have to hide them and have an egg hunt!


I did not mention how happy I am with Blaine being here but I am so very happy. He and my mom flew into Philadelphia Friday morning. We went to a favorite restaurant and tried to settle in at home. We caught a movie later that afternoon. After Joe got home, I got some birthday presents,a new camera, some cash, and a nice bracelet! YEA ME!
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Snow in April?

I wish I had pictures, but I don't, so I will leave you with this description. I am sitting in a meeting at a school district...the window is directly across from me. I see a cherry blossom tree and white stuff falling from the sky. Yes, it was snow. Lows are in the 20s-30s here and highs only in the 50s! I would NEVER have beleived that 2 days before my birthday that it would SNOW!

You have to watch this...a really cool talk about technology and what it can do for you now....

These shoes...

I am not usually a girl that buys a lot of shoes, contrary to what Joe believes. I have about 2 or 3 pairs per season that I wear often. My black mules with the heel...these I wear nearly every day. My tan-ish colored heels are to go with my light colored pants and my sneakers are well, to go with my jeans and anything that is not for work. So, I can honestly say that I don't have a TON of shoes...not like the people I see on TV that have $400 shoes they never wear or 10 pairs of black heels...that is not me. Well, I went into DSW Saturday to buy look around and buy some brown or light colored comfortable shoes to go with my khakis and other light colored clothing. I purchased these....

side view

from the front
They have a nice low heel, and the pretty leather can be worn with most anything.

I also saw these.....




These shoes were calling my name. I could not resist. They have that beautiful patent leather and the color...light green, just make them a true find. I can see myself wearing them with my favorite dark denimn washed jeans or even my favorite work khakis....really nice.
Don't make fun...Like I said, I am not a shoe girl, but these are like the icing on the cake of a well put together look.

Beautiful Sight

On our way home from lunch and shopping with Grammy, I spotted this beautiful hot air balloon in the air. It was trying to make it over the trees to land. It made it and we lost sight of it, but managed to find it by taking a back road. When we got there we saw them exchanging a couple of canisters. It looked as if they were getting ready to take off again so we hung around for awhile. They did take off again and it was so beautiful to see that balloon in the air. We followed it for a little while on the road home and did still see it when we got home. What a neat treat.

Spring is HERE! Well, one more day, officially.

Tomorrow is the actual first day of Spring, but we have been enjoying Spring like temperatures here for the past few days. Since Monday, it has been in the 60's! Today was a bit chillier, only about 45 degrees or so, but at least it is not freezing! So to mark this up swing, Whitney and I traveled down for opening day of Grida's Soft Ice Cream shop! It is only about a half a mile away, so we took the opportunity to walk. It was very popular already and we waited in line about 10-15 minutes and another 20 or so for our order. Though Spring begins tomorrow, it was a tad cool and Whitney was getting very cold. She and I ate outside as long as we could- she had a soft serve chocolate ice cream in a cone, with sprinkles of course (and a hot dog) and I had a pretty good chili cheese dog. We had to call it quits and walk back to our place when Whitney's hands got too cold! We made it back and she finished eating most of her ice cream and all of her hot dog while watching Little Bear. I can tell this will be a nice place to go during the warm summer months, especially since it is SO close! Can't wait:)