The family who cycles together...stays together

Best pep talk ever given.  Say "I CAN DO THIS!"

Too bad he didn't have to confidence to do this earlier in the Summer.  However, told him we were taking off the training wheels, with much resistence.  Literally, 30-seconds later he was riding all on his own.

P.S. Pop Pop, Little Brother wants to make sure you see this video.  Told him you wouldn't check until you return from Africa, but would send you the video to look at then.

Sweetest Place on Earth

Who knew that being able to leave for a weekend trip at 3:30 AND not driving South on I-95 made weekend trip enjoyable!  That AND getting to go to a place with wonderful, gracious hosts in an area where fields and pastures and rolling hills haven't been overrun with advertisements and neon signs alerting customers they are Open in flashing neon lights.  

Hershey turned out to be much more about the people that our original destination: HersheyPark.  The kids rode on one rollercoaster, the Comet, and Big Sister started crying stating, "Maybe coming to HersheyPark wasn't such a good idea after all!"

We had a blast with two kids who enjoyed being their age riding rides that suited their personal tastes.  The best part was that almost every ride that Big Sister rode that Little Brother wasn't tall enough to ride, had a junior sibling ride that Little Brother loved riding!  Little Brother did join Big Sister on The Pirate as their last ride.

No child of this Mama will ever have to leave this chocolate lover's paradise without a Giant Hershey's bar:-)