October 29, 2010

Pumpkin Carving Festival

Last week we went to the festival with some friends out in West Chester. It was so fun! I love doing these fall/Halloween events. Check it out:

Oh wait. First look at these trees outside of their apartment! B.E.A.utiful.

Ok. Now, the festival. There was BBQ, a band, souvenirs, but it was basically a field full of HUGE carved pumpkins.

Notice the cool atmosphere with strung lights! I loved it.
(Turtle if you couldn't guess. The stem is his head)





And MY punkin


Ok. Ready for a funny story?
It's about this picture.


That is our friend Corey. Walking in front of our car as we were trying to leave.
See, we parked in this huge grassy field, on the opposite side of where the pumpkins were....and, well, I can't fully explain it in words, so here's the idea....

Our car is the red rectangle. The blues are the other cars (just picture twice as many). The blue lines are the lines of cars waiting to exit. And red, well, that's our path.
On the way to the event we waited in ridiculous lines and our gas light went on (I should really stick to that whole never-let-the-tank-get-lower-than-half idea). So when we were leaving, Dean was fussy and crying, we were on our last bottle of formula, and the line was crawling. We waited in the 'real' line with the rest of the folks for 15 minutes and realized we were getting no where. So Corey and Alex go back and forth trying to decide if we should go up to the other line or stick it out in this one. Then Corey points out that when we were walking from the Pumpkins back to our car, we went through big gaps where cars had already left. Ah Hah! The boys decide that Corey will get out and navigate us through the thinned out parking lot. I SO wish I would have gotten video of him jogging ahead of us! I was too busy laughing. He'd run down the aisle until he found an opening, then would wave us through and run to find the next one. The map isn't exact, but you get the idea. Thanks Corey. You're our Hero.

Ok... If you didn't think that was funny. Watch this.

October 20, 2010

Dean Angry Talk

Listen. It's at the very beginning. Dean is doing this new thing. He used to just kinda whine and yell, but this morning he added "talking" to it. It's the first 2 seconds of the video. The rest of it is the old whining/yelling.



Pardon the mess behind him. I was trying to clean.

Freddy Hills Farm

We went to a farm today with a few friends where we went on a hay ride, picked a pumpkin from the patch, went through a corn maze, and ate some ice cream. I LOVE this time of year. Especially out here where there are millions of huge trees with billions of changing leaves. I LOVE doing seasonal things like this that really get me ready for the holidays. I LOVE fall, and I think it's because it signals the 'holiday season' with Halloween, Thanksgiving, AND Christmas. The weather was perfectly crisp, cool, and fallish. It was cloudy, but I wouldn't have it any other way for today.






October 18, 2010

Weekend Adventure #8: Nicole!!!!

We were sooooooo lucky to have my friend Nicole visit for the weekend. And when I say friend, I mean best-friend-since-4th-grade friend. It's nice to have a familiar face out here. It was pretty cool having my West Coast life mix with my East Coast life! Thanks for making it out here Colie! Come back soon. We miss you.

Here are the things we did: King of Prussia Mall, Rita's water ice, Fairmount park, Germantown, Manayunk, Broad Street, Chubby's Cheesesteaks, pizza party with med school friends, Tasty Twisters Pretzels, Kelly Drive, Rocky steps, Comcast Building, Reading Terminal, Liberty Bell, JFK Park, Panera, and I think that covers the Philly stuff. OF course there were movies, hang time with Dean, and lots of talking, laughing, and catching up.

Here are the pictures of our City Saturday.
I need to get pictures of the other stuff from Nicole.




It was chillier than we thought it would be so Dean got Alex's jacket.

Huge statue in front of Art Museum




Museum. Aka: Rocky Steps



City Skyline and AMAZING sky.


City Hall


Comcast Building
I spy...something weird.
Do you?

Yep. You got it.


Oh, and them.


If people walking in the air doesn't wrinkle your brain (see Community Episode 9), check this out.




Crazy right? The whole part of the wall that had video on it is a huge black screen. So when it turns to wood panels at the end, it's fake. Just a picture. Wish I would have gotten video of the ballet-dancing-office workers. That was a good one.

JFKennedy Park. Earlier this month, the fountain was dyed PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness. Sad we missed out on that!

You know all of those pieces missing from your board games?
We found them.

My Favorite.
Try fitting that in your Monopoly box.


Our friend at the Independence National Historical Park Visitor's Center.
"A thorn between two roses" he said.




What about this picture? Notice anything funny here?
And...last but not least. My favorite Philadelphia attractions.

October 17, 2010

Franklin Square

A couple weeks ago we went to Franklin Square with some friends. It's a little park in the city that has mini golf, carousel, playground, fountain, and burgers. The park was fun and cute, the burgers were pretty good. I'm glad I did it. I mean, look at the SWEET pictures I got. But with the drive and sparse parking, I don't think I'll be heading back soon.


Our favorite part: swings


Can you guess my favorite part of these pictures???



Yep.


I'm in love with him.

And he's in love with swinging.
He looks happy huh?







Sorry, it's sideways. But cute. Watch for the tongue and eyebrow face.