Sunday, Pride of the Susquehanna

After a year of planning this outing, Nan finally got to take us and the kids onto the Pride of the Susquehnna, Harrisburg's riverboat. Obviously, we all enjoyed this very much. It was blazing hot and we were right out in the sun, but we got to see the river from a wonderful point of view.


We traveled from City Island, up under the Harvey Taylor Bridge, then turned around and went back again. The ride was about 45 minutes.


The boat is driven by two huge paddle wheels, which you can see if you peer over the back of the boat. Of course I was terrified to let the kids see it because as I was holding them up, my excellent imagination was calmly laying out all the horrible things that could happen to them if they fell over. Ugh. But I let them see it anyway.


I explained to Boo how it worked, that if both paddles paddled forward, they pulled the boat forward, and if they paddled backward, they would pull the boat backwards. Then if one goes slower than the other, it would turn the boat. I figured it would go over his head, but I explained it anyway - kindergarten physics!



My little girl isn't a baby anymore. Look how long she is. She's so eloquent, too, it blows my mind.


Speaking of not a baby anymore... Boo's almost too big to hold anymore. *sob* I think he knows it, too, because he keeps asking me for "up hugs".



After the boat ride, Nan decided that the kids needed to go on the City Island train, too. That was quite fun, also.




She bought the kids little animals out of the souvenir shop. The little lizard was christened a "geico" after the cute gecko with a British accent in the TV commercial. They both got one.


After the train ride, we used the Hoss's gift certificates we had all gotten from Uncle Pork for Christmas. Hoss's is Nan's favorite restaurant, so Uncle Pork always gets her gift certificates for all major holidays - and since we are always the ones to take her there, he gets the same for us :)

After Hoss's, Lee needed to go watch a Wrestling Pay Per View with his buddy Jon, in celebration of Jon's birthday. As deeply disappointed (cough) as I was not to share that experience with my love, the kids and I elected to stay at Nan's house. Elijah wanted to take a bath. As he was soaking, he called me in - "Mom, I want to show you something!"

So I went in to check on him, and he had all his little toys in Nan's tub - ducks, fish, and boats. He was holding one of the little boats in his hand. "Look, Mama, this is the boat. The wheels are on the back. This one goes forward and the boat goes forward. If this one goes slower and this one goes faster..."