{"id":3273,"date":"2011-08-08T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T02:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2011-08-08T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T02:49:34","slug":"next-stop-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2011\/08\/next-stop-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Stop, PA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road trip time!\u00a0 We switched Anna forward facing a few weeks ago, and let me just say, it&#8217;s a trip listening to her narrate our drive now. &#8220;Daddy, red light! Green light, Daddy! Wait Daddy, the letters on the truck &#8211; go back so I can read the letters on the truck, Daddy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we are in Lancaster, PA for a much-anticipated vacation.\u00a0 We spent a couple of hours at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dutchwonderland.com\/\">Dutch Wonderland<\/a> this evening, which is a small theme park &#8211; especially compared to the other DW &#8211; but absolutely perfect for our two small girls.\u00a0 We were able to let them go on lots of rides all by themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3274\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"20110808_dutch_wonderland1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three princesses!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3275\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"20110808_dutch_wonderland2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denis can go on any ride he wants!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3276\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"20110808_dutch_wonderland3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn on the Sky Ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"20110808_dutch_wonderland4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denis and Anna on the Sky Ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The only sad moment of the day was when I discovered that our trip on the log flume ride may have completely killed my ipod touch &#8211; aka, the kid entertainment unit, aka the only reason Anna behaves during Carolyn&#8217;s piano lessons.\u00a0 That was a harsh, harsh lesson to check the outer pockets of my bag before going on a potentially drenching ride or wandering through a rain storm.\u00a0 (The inside, where my camera lives, stayed perfectly dry, thankfully!) I&#8217;m holding out hope that some time drying out will somehow fix it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3279\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"20110808_dutch_wonderland6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110808_dutch_wonderland6.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#39;t bring your ipod touch on this ride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anyway, a good time was had by all, and the kids are *finally* asleep.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to see what tomorrow brings!\u00a0 Oh, and I&#8217;ll leave you with Anna&#8217;s very first made-up joke:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why couldn&#8217;t the banana cross the store easily?<br \/>\nBecause it wasn&#8217;t completely peeled!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road trip time!\u00a0 We switched Anna forward facing a few weeks ago, and let me just say, it&#8217;s a trip listening to her narrate our drive now. &#8220;Daddy, red light! Green light, Daddy! Wait Daddy, the letters on the truck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-fun","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3282,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}