First time meeting Great Grandmother Nana Alice - Day 1

All in one day we went to the Crayola Factory, met new friends, 

ate great food and had some fun in Nana's garden

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Crayola Factory

Easton, PA 

Learning how the crayons and markers are made

Great-Grandmother Nana Alice

Uncle Paul 

Getting markers out of the machine with 

tokens that you receive when you are there

(Maryanne is Nana Alice's best friend)

After you get all your stuff you get to go into the lab area and

test it all out! We all had so much fun!! 

After Crayola Factory we go to Mary's 

favorite place -- and she meets a new friend! 

Next stop: meeting Josie

She is one of Nana Alice's friends that is very funny 

and has lots of candy at her house :) 

Out to dinner for Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches when

little Sally wakes up from her nap

After dinner playing at Nana's house

Mary and Sally go to Conner Prairie in Indiana

Mary and Sally had a great time at Conner Prairie an interactive

Historical Park in Indiana.  There were lots of fun things to do in the 

Discovery Barn and the actors at the park were 

very fun and friendly to the girls. 

This was about as close as we could get Sally to 

any of the farm animals

This is the baby calf that turned around and licked

the bottom of my shorts.  I thought he nearly bit me until Jason 

explained that they have rough tongues like sand paper.  

Right! ... I knew that.... 

Mary was not sure why the pigs were not pink

Helping to brush a steer

Helping to make the molasses bread

Sally finds a basket of wool

Yes - she does windows too! 

She would get close to the giant plastic cow for milking, 

but wanted nothing to do with the live animals. 

The girls made me this delicious supper!

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We came back the next week for some more fun! 

Beautifully made dress-up clothes lined the walls of the

parlor and other indoor-play areas

Mary in the General Store....

Swapping out the gown for her work apron!! 

Indiana Trip - Part III - Family time!

Meeting Aunt Laura (Grandma's sister)

Thomas Cousins 

Jared Thomas, Heather Thomas, Joel Thomas, Jason Thomas

Julie Thomas, Amy (Thomas) Kramer, Jill Thomas 

(unfortunately there are many other Thomases that were missing from our

Thomas night out)

Mary and Sally take Indiana: la deuxième partie

Fun at a local Splash Park

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The 2 gorgeous ladies that my children resemble most

Happy Father's Day at Bravo in Indy

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Fun with cousin Lily! 

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Downtown Nobelsville had a strawberry festival - with 

some free face painting!! 

The negotiator:
"Free means free lady ~ so don't stop at my face" :) 

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Now... only in the Midwest would your promise your kid an ice-cream 

after dinner, only to get stuck in your car during yet another "severe thunderstorm"... which

then leads you to no other choice than to hit the McDonald's drive-thru ( I know, I know) and 

because you are in a rental car, give your almost 3 year old a sundae in the back seat and some how

still seem surprised that it is very sticky back there:

It was all worth it to get this nice little smile!