Bennetts in the Bluegrass: Fun in Philly 2011

As the last few weeks of being a family of 3 are coming to an end, we decided to take Anna on a weekend trip. A trip of just mommy and daddy time because we know that the arrival of her little sister is going to change her life forever. Not in a bad way but it will be an adjustment to say the least. Anna's weekend adventure began with her second plane ride; which the last time we took her on one she was only 11 months old. Needless to say I was a bit nervous, however Anna LOVED the plane ride. She thought it was so exciting. And she was a trooper, we had to change planes which meant no nap (we paid for it later) and her main concern was that we got up high above the trees so she could watch Dora.
After our day of travel and walking a bit around downtown Philadelphia - stayed in a hotel across from city hall - we turned in for our adventures the next day. Anna has a great love for animals so we decided to go to the Philadelphia Zoo. This zoo is America's first zoo, it opened in the 1800s. We had a great time with our little tour guide Anna Grace. She had the map and was in charge! This zoo also has a Children's Zoo in it; you get to see baby chicks and ducklings - right after they hatch, feed and brush goats and sheep and ride ponies. Well she did it all! And after she rode the pony, Anna told us how she wants to ride ponies all the time (good thing we live in the "Horse Capital of the World). We then had dinner with 2 of our favorite Philly families - the Cornelius' and the Pedicones.

Tour Guide Anna

Day 3 in Philly was anything but dull. Our dear friends the Chatterjees came up from Washington DC to spend some time with us. So after we all had some breakfast we ventured off to the Please Touch Museum. And this place was awesome! There is a transportation/construction/space area, a grocery/deli/bakery, hospital, train area and an entire section dedicated to Alice in Wonderland. Water tables and a carousel. The kids had a blast! And us, parents did too.

Dr. Anna G. Bennett

And once we were finished with the museum we had to get a quick nap in because our day was not over yet. We spent the afternoon and evening at Sesame Place. If you have children it is a place that you should check out. It is a theme park all about Sesame Street. You see characters, and rides and even a show and parade. It is a mini Disney, but with Elmo. At first Anna was not too keen on the characters - she cried when we took her picture with Daddy and the Count. But by the end of the night she was looking for the rest of her friends on "Sunny days" as she calls them to get their picture. As the night came to an end we had 4 very tired little people and 6 very tired parents. All in all it was a great time and some memories that we will always remember.