To Delaware and Philly we go....

We got back late Sunday evening from another little getaway. We be takin' a lot of these lately. Trying to get in as much family time as we can before we leave, and this time we headed up north a bit to spend the weekend with Jordan and Becca in Delaware. And like always, we jammed in as much as we could for our short time together!

Friday evening we hung out at Jordan's for a while. Becca got busy right away doing some art with the girls. How blessed are we to have an art major and Delaware Art Museum employee for an aunt! Sydaleigh is in heaven in her company! She looks up to her so much. And even though Marvelly is not as much of an art enthusiast as Syd, her and Becca are kindred spirits in different ways. They share many similar little quirks and Marvi girl just loves her to pieces.

After some art time we played with Becca's stash of 'staches! Ha ha! Who doesn't love a good 'stache?! Bekah, you and my sis-in-law Becca got some kindred spirit action happenin'!

 Ah, yes, very nice girls. 

I, personally, like Isaak's Salvidor Dali 'stache on the bottom right the best though. Ahhh, just don't grow a real one, 'k?

The girls took turns stuffing themselves into Irma's play tunnel, which of course was hilarious!

And then after dinner the girls stayed behind and had a special movie night with just Jordan and Becca while me and Isaak sneaked out for a movie night of our own. To the Avengers we went! (And sorry Tommy, but you've been booted off your throne in Isaak's all time favorite movie ever category! Avengers now holds that coveted seat! And yes, while I agree that it was good, nothin' will dethrone Mr. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in my books, sorry!)

Saturday morning we hit the road again and rode up to Philly for the day.

Thanks to the 100 degrees we stayed inside most of the time at The Please Touch Museum!
Biggest children's museum I've ever been to! And this is not all of it...the rest wouldn't fit inside my camera frame! It was two floors with every possible activity imaginable.

And just to add some more icing on the cake, my cousin Tara and her husband and two boys who happen to live in Philly met us at the museum to play with us for the afternoon!

There was a fantastic Alice in Wonderland play area.

So we wasted no time getting our Alice on.

Ah! The house is shrinking!
 

Who says little tiny train openings are just for kids?! We are actually on the second floor and this train is hoisted to the ceiling. Isaak was scared it was about to snap and plummet to the ground! After I persuaded him to squeeze in to take a picture he bolted out of that thing! Ha ha!

This museum is actually pretty expensive, for any type of museum. But when we got there they had an unadvertised military deal going on till Labor day where you could get in six people for free with a military ID. (that's why we always ask if they have a military discount!) There just so happen to be six people in our party! So we all got in totally for free! And then one of Becca's co-workers gave her two free passes for the carousel...so the girls got a free carousel ride too! Cha-ching!!! Nothin' beats free!

After we pooped out at the museum we drove downtown to explore a bit down there. (and dude, again, got a free parking spot right in front of the Mint! Which is exactly where we wanted to go, which is right next to the Christ Church cemetary where old Benny boy is buried, and one block away from Independence Hall! Again, holla for free and convenient!)

(I was forbidden from taking any pictures inside the Mint. Yeah....okay, right. Like that's gonna stop me. See, I have this thing (or sin, whatever you want to call it) where when someone forbids me from doing something...I tend to want to do it even more. Not sayin' I always do, but, in this case, I did. So I just sneaked me a quickie little picture thank you very much. Jordan was so appalled at my rebellion- like I broke the law or something! Here's hoping my blatant disregard for "rules" doesn't invite the CIA in to break down my door and confiscate my computer. :~)

Moving on......

 we visited Benjamin Franklin's grave site. Very cool.

We passed the City Hall which is cool and historical and the largest city hall in the United States. Kudos Philly!

We saw Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. (which is super great all on it's own, but seriously, it's even cooler because National Treasure was filmed there. Just sayin'.)

And that was a wrap for Philly because it was 100 degrees outside and we were melting! So we headed back to Newark and had dinner at Jordan and Becca's favorite downtown restaurant, strolled the streets and had some gelato. And then when we got back to their apartment us girls stayed home and introduced Becca to the Disney goodness of Tangled, and Jordan and Isaak went out for some manly time at his favorite neighborhood Cheers.

Sunday we hit up the mall and shopped and played and Jordan stuffed the girls into an ottoman in Target. Ha ha! He tried getting in after them but he wouldn't fit. Gotta love aunts and uncles who do random silly things. (like stuffing you in ottomans and upside down hugs!)

And that was a wrap! Great time. Jam packed. Loved getting to visit with Jordan and Becca in their town and get a better glimpse into their lives. We all had so much fun. Love them both so much!

 Till next time!