Happy Birthday, Abbey & Tess!
Playground Fun!
The kid at heart...
We headed back to MD later that night and recounted the "near death" experience that almost fell upon Emmett. Now, as his foot continues to heel, Em will have a constant reminder of this fun weekend....
Although our travels have slowed a bit in the past few months, we were hitting the road once again for the weekend. This time - destination Harrisburg to celebrate the one year birthdays of our ever-growing niece/nephew brood - Abbey & Tess. In true Smith fashion, the weekend was packed with eating, chasing babies all over the place, napping, an injury and eating once again.
The day started off with the arrivals from all the out-of-town guests - Mame and Pop from Scranton, Jen from Watertown, the Hawkinsons from DC and the Keanes from Maryland. Once everyone arrived, we grubbed for awhile then hit up the playground with the kids. As the kids tired themselves out from running from one plastic slide to another set of monkey bars, the adults grew weary as well, swinging on the swing sets and holding jump-off contests. It took awhile to convince the kids that it was time to leave he playground and get ready for Chocolate World. The adults however, were ready for nap time. After a brief nap and a few diaper changes later, we were off to Hershey Park and Chocolate World. We toured Hershey and the kids learned where chocolate comes from. A bit later, we headed to Red Robin for dinner. An hour and five hungry kids later (Meg is included in that number) we were eating and causing chaos everwhere we went. We headed back to the house for presents and birthday cake. As if watching two one year olds trying to open presents wasn't fun enough, Aidan decided to spice things up a bit. After scaling the wirey, glass-topped table, Aidan was airborn, falling backwards as the heavy glass top was coming down on him. True to form, Em rushed to his side - saving the child, but not his big toe. After close examination by eight adults with no medical background, we agreed Em would make it through he night. Family time always ends with a bang with the Smiths.
We headed back to MD later that night and recounted the "near death" experience that almost fell upon Emmett. Now, as his foot continues to heel, Em will have a constant reminder of this fun weekend....
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