Happy Father's Day! (And first tooth!)

This weekend, we went to DelGrosso Amusement Park and an Altoona Curves game, all as a treat from Brandon's Mom and Dad! We met Brandon's whole family there and we all had a great time. Friday, Sammi woke up with a fever, so I wasn't sure we would all be able to go, but amazingly she was fine Saturday morning and stayed healthy the whole time!

So, since it's Father's Day, I thought I would share how great a Dad Brandon was the entire weekend. While we are at the park, the guys (and Norma and Mandy) wanted to go over to the other side of the park to ride the go karts. Brandon was all excited and he looked to me to see if I would mind and I said "Sure, go have fun!". So he started to head off with them. Well, as soon as Maddie noticed he was walking away, she ran after him and said "Wait for me Daddy!". He immediately stoppped, and without even saying a word, picked Maddie up and headed back towards the kiddie rides to ride with her. As fun as the go-karts were, he would rather spend time with his little girl. Isn't he a great Dad! :)

Now for a few pictures of our fun weekend! (Although I didn't get too many b/c my camera battery died)

Sammi and Maddie started out on this elephant ride, but Sammi got scared on it and wouldn't ride on anything for the whole first half of the day. Maddie, who is a little braver, tried a few more rides after this one, but got scared on a jumping fish ride, so we took a little break at that point to eat lunch.

Abigail was so pleasant the entire trip! Despite the fact that she cut her first tooth!!! She is BY FAR our earliest toother. The other two didn't get a tooth till 12 and 11 months! I suppose it's b/c she loves food so much and just wants to eat! It's on her bottom right, and it's just a little sliver right now, but you can feel it with your finger and see it if you manage to get her tongue out of the way. And Uncle Nate won this cute little giraffe for her :)

So, after lunch, while it poured down rain, we stood under a pavillion and watched a special storybook time with Arthur and D.W. (From the PBS show). Sammi really enjoyed that! Then, it stopped raining long enough to enjoy some more, tamer rides! Maddie loved this race car one.

And then Sammi saw how much fun Maddie was having on the race car and this boat ride, that she decided she wanted to try it too. And of course she loved them! So, the girls ended up riding almost everything else again together.

They also really enjoyed the waterpark that DelGrosso had for about an hour before another storm hit. The bottom of the pool was rubbery, which was very nice to walk on and there were all sorts of small slides and water fountain things that were alot of fun. Even Abby loved sitting and playing with the rubber stuff that was on the bottom of the pool.

Overall, DelGrosso was a really nice little park that was perfect for the girls age group. It was clean and small, yet had enough fun things to do to make a day out of it. And there were a few rides and water slides for the adults to enjoy. And it was much cheaper than Kennywood! (Just $10 with a coupon). It's just a little further away! But, I would definitely recommend going there if you have a chance and have small children.

In the evening, the weather cleared again and we went to an Altoona Curves game. I was amazed at how well the girls behaved at the game, despite no one having a nap, except for Abby. They had these hilarious bubble character things in between innings for entertainment. I think they were called zooperstars and they did funny dances and silly things. This clammy guy in the picture actually ate the ball boy! Then, he spit out his helmet and shoes and then his pants and then the ball boy with just his shorts left on! It was really something to watch!

We stayed in a hotel Saturday night and Sunday had a nice breakfast out with everyone for Father's Day. The girls made Brandon a pencil holder and gave him Transformer's M&Ms. It wasn't quite as exciting as what they did for me on Mother's Day, but I think he liked it and I know he had a great time with his girl's all weekend.