So, moment #1... it had been raining the entire night so our yard this morning was full of enlivened purple flowers. bellisima. then the boys and i walk to our first trolley stop. this is when i bring up the whole thing about which umbrella the boys are going to take. Charles insisted not having the pink umbrella today; he used it yesterday. I told them something about owning up to their manhood. So, then i really get into the Philadelphia Tribune, and almost missed our stop. Thankfully Charles noticed and we got off just in time. The operator looked at me funny. The moment hasn't happened yet, i'm building up to it. Then we get to camp girard and i see my trolley (to go back toward the office) so i kiss the boys and tell them i have to go. I ask if they want to keep one of the umbrellas. we have this back and forth business for a split second. Charles is already half a block ahead of us and Timothy isn't far behind him. Tim then decides that he'll take the big blue umbrella and runs back to me and says he'll give it to Charles. He then shouts in a very brotherly voice, as we go our separate ways, for me to "go catch the trolley."
Definitely made me smile. oh, they are growing up!
Okay so indignant moment... i'm waiting for the 46 bus. While i'm waiting i'm thinking about learning how to drive stick so that i can get a car that has good gas mileage and will allow me to drive across country or something, but of course, i would only use the car to drive to the various shuttle/bus stops...so the bus comes and a large gentleman (approximately 250 lbs) steps through the back door of the bus, i see him go down. i wanted to run to him, but it was clearly too late. i may have even thought that if i did catch him while he was falling, he would definitely topple over me and we would both be underground, and worst, i would receive the brunt of it. So i didn't catch him as he fell. However, along with another woman, we tried to give him a hand to stand up. Unfortunately, that was not enough. I may have even said "you'll need to take care of that." Especially since Supersize Me came out, i have wondered when we would be able to talk about people's unhealthy weight/bad eating habits. I digress. So, a gentleman about to get on the bus, who looked like tupac, came to help. It took two tries, but just as the larger man was on his feet, our bus driver gave me a dirty look, and took off.
I ran after him for a second but he kept going. seriously? anyway, i made the call into septa's customer service. fyi, the number on the bus sign does not work anymore. luckily, i had a schedule for the 46 and that number was correct so i reported the case. Can we not wait anymore?
alright so that's that. i'm going to now update this entry with some more photos of the boys.
Kind of fancy restaurant with "really clean bathrooms" as timothy put it:
then it was off to fox chase farms in a bmw, a phillycarshare rental. the brakes were great on that car.
our bumpy hayride:
a little penns landing...kind of like sea port village except this port is by the Delaware River.
lots of walking.
one of timothy's counselors at camp who tries very hard to convince the boys to stay:
oh the bus rides:
thunderstorm last night...and a sparkler, a first for me too.
ew...bad diet. so philly is one of the fattest cities. sorry guys, i tried to feed the boys a mix of really healthy food, but anything "philly" or east coast that i want them to try is so unhealthy. Tonight, it's philly cheesesteaks!
Love ya.
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