Galloping Over to Old Ponies

Wyatt moved up to the Old Ponies classroom where they teach all sorts of neat skills like drinking from a cup and potty training, sounds like fun to me.

MOVE-UP DAY!!!

Life in the OC-Part Two

To kick off our second weekend Mommy decided to take Wyatt for a walk on the beach. Wyatt loved the seagull. He kept pointing to them and following their little footprints in the sand. Mommy and Wyatt walked all around

And laughed a lot at those silly seagulls


Then Daddy met Mommy and Wyatt at the cool pirate ship in the sand where Wyatt had a ball playing

Later in the day Nonna and Mommy took a walk around some of the local parks Daddy gave Wyatt his very first computer lesson. Wyatt just loved seeing Elmo on the computer. After our walk Nonna and Mommy picked up Daddy and Wyatt and we all went to the Salisbury Zoo. It was such a neat zoo complete with Buffalo, deer, peacocks, bears

and beautiful flamincos!



Wyatt saw this wolf and really wanted it

He was pretty relentless

But we had more animals to see and after the zoo we went to the most amazing park,

Wyatt loved playing in the sand

and swinging on the swings with Nonna

We had a delicious dinner that night and Wyatt stole the heart of the waitress there. She kept smiling at him and he would smile back. Then she said she was going to take him....and she did. She took him all around and showed him off and played with him in the mirror. She said he was the cutest she had ever seen and that she just loved him. What a lady killer!

The next day Mommy and Daddy ate one last lunch at the Atlantic Stand and then went to Ripleys Believe it or Not for this awesome mirror maze and this cool game where you had to try to get through all these lazers without breaking them. Mommy did better than Daddy (just sayin). It was getting pretty hot so Mommy and Daddy decided to get some Fisher's popcorn take one more picture on the boardwalk and head on home.

Until Next time Ocean City!

Life in the OC- Part One

Wyatt did an excellent job on the car ride down to Ocean City this year and he was so psyched to get there and play with William. We decided that since we couldn't take off of work we would go over two weekends.
We arrived on Friday night and ate some yummy dough roller pizza. It was super duper good!! Then it was off to bed because we knew the next day was going to be a jam packed.

We were all ready for our super beach vacation

Wyatt and William- what a silly pair!

Saturday morning we met Pop-pop at the Dough Roller for breakfast. Wyatt loved the pancakes he ate so much. Then we took a morning walk on the boardwalk.

After we ate breakfast and got ready we all went to Rehoboth Beach for some rides, games, and Nicola pizza. Wyatt looked so cool in all his beach gear.

Wyatt is a lucky little guy to have such a helpful older cousin. William was such a sweetie and helped Wyatt all through this playplace. They had a lot of fun playing in the ball pit then William gave Wyatt a little boost so he could get through the tube and showed him the way to the little Moonbounce part. Wyatt had a blast!Wyatt was a happy little man once they gave him a balloon and some Superman Ice Cream-SUPER BUBS!There were so many rides and everyone was geared up for fun. Daddy and Uncle John on the Sea Horse:Mommy and Wyatt got back on the helicopters. This time Mommy knew how to make the helicopters go up and down...the ride was much more exciting.

Wyatt showed what a brave little guy he could be and went into the Haunted House in Rehoboth. In the line they have a little skeleton on the wall and he was talking to everyone while they waited. Wyatt thought he was just the coolest thing and kept pointing at him. I think Wyatt did a pretty great job here we all are as we emerge from the Haunted House.After such a big day we went back to the room to play around and then for some shut-eye.



The next day, we all got up really early and did a six-person surrey ride to Fractured Prune for some delicious hot doughnuts. The adults got quite a workout while the kids got to sit in a basket in the front and enjoy the view. We all went back to the room and enjoyed our doughnuts...it's good to be a kid:

The Murgolo men all piled on the couch:

Nonna, William, Wyatt, and Daddy enjoying the view from the room

After enjoying our doughnuts and hanging out a bit in the room we decided to head over to Marty's Playland for some rides and games.


Wyatt counting his winnings

Wyatt and William loved riding on the rides together.

And the adults got their fun in too

Then we all went through Pirate's Cove. Wyatt did a great job and Daddy realized he isn't as small as he used to be:

Mommy wanted some nice air after Pirate's Cove. Ahhh sweet sweet air:

We squeezed in one more game before lunch

Wyatt deciding what to get at the Atlantic Stand. They have the best hot dogs!

Then it was back for some more rides at Trimpers.

After a nice nap, went went out on the beach for a little walk before getting some dinner at Hoopers and heading home. Don't worry Wyatt we'll come back next weekend.

Feminine Side

When Mommy Gets Bored:

Battle of Manassas & White's Ferry

Today Wyatt got to meet Stonewall Jackson...well sort of. Daddy and Mommy decided that since it was such a hot day it would be nice to go on a little drive and reminise. So Daddy took us to where he used to work in Manassas Virginia. He told us all the places he used to haunt back in the day and shared neat stories with us. Then Mommy reminised about the Civil War, oh such fond memories (Just kidding).
After driving around the town of Manassas we decided to visit the battlefield and go through the first battle of Manassas. We knew in a second Wyatt would be in Heaven because the very first thing you see from the Visitor's Center parking lot is the statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson on his horse.
Here we go again... Mommy shared with Wyatt the significance of Stonewall Jackson in the battle of Manassas and how it was in this battle where he earned his nickname "Stonewall". The monument reads, "There stand Jackson like a great stonewall"

Then Wyatt shared the information with Daddy.

Daddy and Wyatt keep looking at the cannon waiting for something to happen. It's not real guys I promise... Daddy and Mommy just loved the way this battlefield looked. Daddy joked and said he would like to put a house right in the middle over looking the mountains. (Can you imagine the ghosts we would have then?) It was truly breathtaking as the sun was slowly going down to look over the battlefield and to imagine all those men standing there so many years ago.

Memorial to the Fallen Union Soldiers erected in 1865.

Which has a better ring to it Future Historical Society or Children Historical Enthusiasts? Here is the Henry House where an old lady who had been bed ridden and could no longer tend to her farm lived. The lady refused to leave the house despite the battle that was about to ensue and she ended up being killed by the artillery meant for the sharpshooters who were stationed in the house. The battle just destroyed the house but here is it restored and in the back she is buried with her family.

Wyatt was happy to see other kids his age touring the battlefield. There were two kids actually but as I was taking the picture below the kid in the red shirt (above) wandered away and then started climbing the fence that surrounds the Memorial for the fallen Union soldiers. He almost made it over before Mommy snatched him right down. I wondered if the three were in it together like those two distract the adults while this one runs away to see what he could get into, good one guys.

Daddy and Wyatt overlooking part of the battlefield. You can almost here the Rebel Yell coming from behind where I am standing. That must have been quite a site just when the Union thought they had won the battle and as the smoke from the battle clears hearing all those men screaming and charging toward you with Jackson just sitting there on his horse completely unmoveable.

I don't know what is with the drama on Wyatt's face here, maybe he was just sad he had to leave. We figured that before we did leave we would take a quick family photo in front of this beautiful background.

The battlefield was great and was the perfect place for Wyatt to stretch his legs and run around. Mommy wasn't as good of a tour guide as Pappy though because she couldn't remember everything that happened just where Union was (kind of), where conferederates were, and then that they ended up meeting in the middle. We said we ould have to go back with Pappy so we could get more info and take a full tour around.

On the drive back from Manassas we decided to take White's Ferry across the Potomac from Virgina into Maryland. It took us a while to get out of the car because there were these huge spiders on the side of the Ferry. We were so fascinated by them we didn't even know the Ferry was moving. We got out at the perfect time, the sun was setting just beautifully and on one side it was day and the other almost night...totally cool.

Here is Daddy and Wyatt on the Maryland side:

And Mommy in Virginia (Mommy sure does love Virginia):

Here is Daddy and Wyatt in front of the Potomac with the beautiful mountains behind him. The Ferry literally took two minutes but look at the change in the sky over that time.

It was a great night and the perfect impromptu trip- something for everyone!