Vacation Day 2- Sesame Place

On day 2 of vacation, which is now Sunday, we arrived bright and early at Sesame Place.  We had breakfast reservations for Cookie's Country Breakfast Character meal.  It was outdoors under a pavilion, and was a buffet breakfast.  

The characters made their way around to each table, and Mason didn't want any part of it. 

By the end of the meal he was getting a little better, but still not thrilled with these giant characters. 

Our breakfast was done around 9:30 and the park doesn't open until 10 so we got extra time in the park before it opened to the public which was nice since we didn't know what we wanted to do first. 

This was our first ride of the day, and Mason didn't like that either even though it looks like he's having fun. 

It wasn't very crowded at all so we rode every ride, some twice.  

This is the Let's Play Together Show. It was pretty neat because the characters were so close. The kids enjoyed that a lot. 

We left around lunch time to go check into our hotel, grab some lunch and relax for a while. We headed back in the early evening to ride some more rides and grab some dinner. All kids meals come with a souvenir cup and plate which was nice, cause that meant we didn't have to buy more souvenirs.  We stuck around for the Neighborhood Street Party Night Parade.  I loved how they stopped and danced for several songs. I had done some searching before on tips for visiting Sesame Place, so I found out the best spot to sit during the parade (between the fire station and Abby's Surf Shop) so they were right in front and came up to the kids several times. Very cool parade! 

After the parade ended we headed to our hotel to rest for day 2 of Sesame Place! 

Vacation Day 1 Part 2 Philadelphia, PA

We arrived in Philadephia, PA on Saturday evening.  We had a hotel right downtown so we checked in and then headed out to see the sights.  

We headed towards the Liberty Bell and Washington Square Park. 

Mike was making fun of me because I was taking all the pictures above, and I didn't know what they were and what significance they were, but I figure it was better to have the pictures, I can always delete them later. 

On our way back we headed to JFK Plaza to see the LOVE Sculpture. It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. I pictured some huge thing, like 20 feet tall, it was barely 8 feet tall and up on a shelf so you could stand under it.  They had some other neat pieces there that Marley liked. 

We then headed back towards our hotel and ate at Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. Then it was time for bed because we were heading to Sesame Place in the morning!! 

Vacation Day 1 -- Hershey, Pennsylvania

It's time to share our vacation that we just took to the east coast.  

We left on Friday night around 8pm and drove until about 4am. By this point we were in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We slept for about 4 hours and then hit the road again to Hershey, Pennsylvania.  We arrived around lunch time and stopped at Fuddruckers.  Then we headed to Chocolate World. 

They have several tours and activities that you can do, but we just did the free factory tour and some shopping. 

 There is so much chocolate you can buy in different flavors and sizes. 

Marley picked out a giant Hershey kiss and ate it in two bites. 

It was so crowded.  We were there maybe an hour before hitting the road to our hotel in  downtown Philadelphia.

Homemade weed killer

Our house sat empty for 2 years before we moved in so it needs some serious landscaping help. Think 6 acres of oak trees with 2 years worth of dead leaves, that equals about 6 inches of leaves in the landscaping. We've started clearing out the front and it's very time consuming so we just do a little at a time.  There's a small rock bed in the back by the back porch that I decided to tackle the other day. I cleaned out all the leaves and then started pulling weeds. It was taking forever so I hopped on pinterest and found my pin for a homemade weed killer.  I had everything already except for the spray bottle that I picked up at Menards for less than $5. 

All you need is 

1/2 gallon vinegar

1/4 cup salt

1/2 teaspoon blue dawn dish soap

Just mix it up in your spray bottle and spray it on the weeds. 

It smells very strongly so I wouldn't go overboard with it. I just did a light spray down and then came back a few hours later and did more.  

This top picture is before I sprayed it and the bottom one is about 5 hours later. It did work, but I still needed to go through and pull the weeds out. This will kill all the plants you spray it on, so I would be careful around your good plants.