PHILLY!!!

The LuBang!s went to Philly for a little vacation last week and everybody had a great time. Joanne and I have been pretty stressed and overwhelmed lately (see last post) and this trip came just in the nick of time. This picture sums it up pretty well.

This will be a long post, so let me link to all of the pics up front. Here are some highlights of the trip.

Cecilia Makes New Friends

I think this may have been her first date...little Levon was really enamored with her.

The Zoo

Cecilia wanted to pet the ducks...

She "got" to feed the goats. I put that in quotes because it was really a classic parent moment. I gave her the pellet to feed the goat and then moved her hand to the goat's mouth. She refused to open her fist and the goat started chewing on her hand to get at it. Eventually he gave her a little bite and she cried and let go of the pellet. The best part of the story is that we didn't get a good picture of it - so I made her do it again! Was it worth it for this pic?

The zoo was great but truthfully she was much more interested in Cassie's dog than anything at the zoo. The dog was very patient and let Cecilia poke her ears and "pet" her all over. Cecilia was partly amused and partly terrified when the dog would sniff her with its big wet nose. Too bad we didn't get any pictures of that though.

Children's "Please Touch" Museum





Grandma Joined the Fun

This may have been the best part for us. We got a couple of nice hotel rooms in Center City and got to go out late and sleep in.

Ultimate!

Ok so maybe Cecilia didn't care too much about the frisbee, but she seemed to really enjoy being outside on an absolutely perfect Spring day. She crawled all around and got herself completely exhausted.

Seems like a fitting end to a great trip.