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woveninhim
Oct. 25, 2007
Back from vacation
Well, we're back from our first "family vacation". God was sooooo good. From the first day of planning I prayed that everything would go smoothly. When we found out that we were going to be a little over an hour away from Philadelphia I had originally thought we'd spend our whole time there. But then we invited my mom (after the death of my father) and she mentioned that she might be able to get something in the Lancaster area through their time-share. So I started looking for things to do in that region. Well, the time-share thing didn't work out, but I did find some Farm B and B's. And I thought to myself what a wonderful way to spend our vacation. Some of the places even said that you could help out on the farm, milking, gathering eggs, etc. Of course being a homeschool mom I jumped at the chance for the children to learn about farming. So I emailed several places and found one I thought sounded great for our family. I checked with my husband and my mom to see if they thought it sounded good, so it was several days later when I contacted the B&B. One day out of the entire week that we were to be there had been taken. I was sick, I had just a little over two weeks to find something. I prayed some more and then started calling places. The first place I called was no longer in the B&B business, but gave me the number and website of another (newer) place. It was only the Bed w/o the Breakfast. I'd planned on taking bread and muffins anyway (since we've been milling our own grain), so I went ahead and checked out the site. It sounded and looked perfect! I called that day and found out they had something the week before and the week after, but that entire week was open. (Yeah!) The price was cheaper than the other place plus if we were there a week we got a discount. GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!
I'll give a run down of how the week went:
Monday we started our trip. Knowing the children would get bored I made them Pennsylvania books. Each of the older three had their own book with different games, puzzles, and coloring sheets about PA to do. The baby had Grandma to keep him entertained. We passed by Gettysburg. And my husband being the Civil War buff that he is wanted to stop. I never enjoyed history when I was in school but he made it come alive.
Tuesday we were able to laze around a little then we got ready and went to the Strasburg Train Museum. And later that evening we went on a Amish buggy ride.
Wednesday we visited Philadelphia. We saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Second Street Museum, and many, many other sites. The children played a wonderful game at the Museum where they had to find different paintings. They also got books to become Jr. Park Rangers.
Thursday they got to help feed the calves on the farm and later that day we went to Hershey. We took a tour of the Chocolate Factory and the children got to be Jr. Factory Workers.
Friday was a little slow. But by 2 pm we had to be in Gilbertsville for a wedding rehearsal.
Saturday we went to a Pretzel Factory and took a tour and learned how to twist pretzels, then we went to the Kitchen Kettle, and did a little outlet shopping. I found some GREAT bargains on children's clothing (they don't have taxes on food or groceries).
Sunday was the wedding. That was an all day affair. Of course the wedding had the prettiest flowergirls and the most handsome ringbearer.
Monday we came home.
There was so much to do and see. We only hit the tip of the iceburg.
All in all it was a wonderful vacation, but I'm glad to be home.
Well, my alone time is over and I'm being bombarded with questions of snack and supper. Until next time.
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Oct. 30, 2007 - Vacation
Oh, and thanks for the Play-do idea! I'm going to use that one soon.