Philly Adventure Part 1

Daddy sold his business! Well, almost. He's working on it. In order to get the ball rolling, the Woodruff family went on an adventure to downtown Philadelphia, for almost a month.

Living downtown meant lots of eating out. Luckily the food was pretty good and so was the weather.

We found an awesome park about a 1/4 mile away from our apartment. We played there almost daily.

Our first weekend in Philly was memorial day weekend, so we had 3 full days with Daddy. We were able to accomplish a lot, starting with the liberty bell (its behind a window, so look through the reflection).

Then we went to Franklin Square (one of the many beautiful parks in downtown Philly). There was a carousel and a playground where Henry made some fast friends.

Our next stop was the Smith playground. It is a massive mansion, on a couple acre lot, all for kids. The mansion is a 3 story playhouse, and the outdoor area is a state of the art, modern playground. It even has a giant hardwood slide. Literally the COOLEST playground ever.

To dodge the heat for a day, we spent a day in the National Museum of History. The dinosaur bones were definitely the highlight.

Our final day with Dad was spent at the oldest zoo in America. It was pretty fun and within running distance. We only rode in a car 1 day our whole trip. Everything else was in a 3 mile radius of our apartment, so we made it there on foot. 

Thayer is 8 months

My big boy is 2/3 of a year old. I can't quite tell you where the time has gone. He is just starting to scoot/army crawl to get around. Pretty soon he will be moving all over. He is still just as sweet as pie. All smiles and giggles, with very few frowns. Let's hope that continues. It is so fun to watch the boys interact as T gets a little more sociable. I can't wait to see their relationship grow.

Easter

Setting up the tripod for the family photo

Love these brothers

We went to church with Nana and Poppy, had brunch at our house, and then went across the street for an Easter egg hunt with our buddy Liam. Henry made out like a bandit with lots of candy (ugh..) and dimes. Thayer unfortunately missed most of the beautiful Easter Sunday as he was sleeping. There is always next year.

Thayer is 7 months

Thayer is seriously the sweetest baby! He goes with the flow and smiles most of the time. He is starting to move. He isn't "crawling" yet, but he will scoot and roll himself across the room. He eats A LOT! We are just starting to introduce finger foods, but he loves his purees =). He isn't quite as big as brother was, but is already in 12-18 mo clothing, so he certainly isn't a small boy. He loves just about everything. Especially his big brother. We love him to pieces.

Henry's first big race

We held hands while we ran. I have to take advantage of him wanting to hold my hand while I can :).

Bill signed me up for Bridge to Brews for a Christmas present (since we all know how much I love fun races). He also signed Henry up for the kids half miler. We had a great time. Henry and I ran the 1/2 miler and then the boys decided they might as well run my 10K with me. Henry hopped in the stroller and off we went. Can't wait to do more fun stuff like this as my boys grow up. I wholeheartedly cherish these moments.

Silly Boys