Today we went to the Crayola Factory in Easton. We really had a great time. What a great day to go. It was not very crowded at all. We learned how crayons and markers were made and even got to bring some home that we watched being made. The children tried their hand at gluing the wrappers on the crayons like they did in the "olden" days. We did all sorts of hands on activities. 
This is the world's largest crayon. It actually is a real crayon, not plastic. It was very awesome. This picture was in the Crayola store...so cool. Off to the right of this picture was a bunch of crayons. DaniRae decided to fill a tin with the crayons she wanted as her souvenir. Jeremiah wanted a pack of Twistable crayons...also pretty neat.
Even AnaGrace enjoyed herself....well she was happy and content the whole time. This picture was taken in front of an area where Jeremiah and I "painted" with melted crayon wax (Dani was a little too young for this activity). It was actually pretty neat. The whole place smelled like a new box of crayons and filled with fun bright colors. For some of us, there is just nothing quite like the touch, look, and smell of a new box of crayons. We have so many more pictures that we would love to show you all at some point. 
The upstairs of the Crayola Factory contain the National Canal Museum which is included in the admission. So that is where we went next. It was a very neat museum. The kids really had fun in this area. The children floated barges along this "stream" and learned to operate locks and inclined planes. They could stop and fill their barges up with coal or passengers. I tried to make it educational to the kids explaining and what not.....BUT this was water and they were given free reign....so, I don't know about what they learned. Jeremiah did figure out how to operate the lock systems. DaniRae, however, capsized her barge numerous times, but really didn't seem to care. She was utterly soaked by the time we were done. After this we headed home. However, we passed right by the Tannersville outlets....well we didn't actually pass them. It was fun just to go in a couple kids stores. We had dinner at Friendly's complete with ice cream. It was really an incredible day and the kids really want to go back again.
And...finally, one more picture of AnaGrace when we got home from our busy day. She is becoming so much more alert. There is debate about whether we have seen her first smile or not. Although it seems early, both Dan and I are convinced she has smiled at us...and that is all it takes for us. She is getting very big too...mostly in her cheeks. She is such a content little one. Today was a long day, but she did just so well. We are so thankful that God has blessed us with a content little one...it really made today even more enjoyable. What a fun family day....We thank God for blessing us with this opporunity. Good night for now.....Here's to a nice long night of uninterrupted sleep (that message is for Ana)...Lots of love to all
This is the world's largest crayon. It actually is a real crayon, not plastic. It was very awesome. This picture was in the Crayola store...so cool. Off to the right of this picture was a bunch of crayons. DaniRae decided to fill a tin with the crayons she wanted as her souvenir. Jeremiah wanted a pack of Twistable crayons...also pretty neat. Even AnaGrace enjoyed herself....well she was happy and content the whole time. This picture was taken in front of an area where Jeremiah and I "painted" with melted crayon wax (Dani was a little too young for this activity). It was actually pretty neat. The whole place smelled like a new box of crayons and filled with fun bright colors. For some of us, there is just nothing quite like the touch, look, and smell of a new box of crayons. We have so many more pictures that we would love to show you all at some point. The upstairs of the Crayola Factory contain the National Canal Museum which is included in the admission. So that is where we went next. It was a very neat museum. The kids really had fun in this area. The children floated barges along this "stream" and learned to operate locks and inclined planes. They could stop and fill their barges up with coal or passengers. I tried to make it educational to the kids explaining and what not.....BUT this was water and they were given free reign....so, I don't know about what they learned. Jeremiah did figure out how to operate the lock systems. DaniRae, however, capsized her barge numerous times, but really didn't seem to care. She was utterly soaked by the time we were done. After this we headed home. However, we passed right by the Tannersville outlets....well we didn't actually pass them. It was fun just to go in a couple kids stores. We had dinner at Friendly's complete with ice cream. It was really an incredible day and the kids really want to go back again.
And...finally, one more picture of AnaGrace when we got home from our busy day. She is becoming so much more alert. There is debate about whether we have seen her first smile or not. Although it seems early, both Dan and I are convinced she has smiled at us...and that is all it takes for us. She is getting very big too...mostly in her cheeks. She is such a content little one. Today was a long day, but she did just so well. We are so thankful that God has blessed us with a content little one...it really made today even more enjoyable. What a fun family day....We thank God for blessing us with this opporunity. Good night for now.....Here's to a nice long night of uninterrupted sleep (that message is for Ana)...Lots of love to all
