Dutch Wonderland 2011

We took the kids to this wonderful place called Dutch Wonderland, or CrackerLand if you will hahaha.
Everyone had a blast and what was great about it is that it is all geared to little people. No not midgets, but you know they would probably have fun here too! Every ride was set for kids so there wasnt one ride they could not go on.
I would totally recommend this place to anyone with little monkeys!

1) The sky lift, and Lucas wanted no part of this ride lol.


2) What trip to an amusement park would be complete with some amusement?


3) We won 2 Domo's!


4) This picture came out awesome



5) look ma, no hands and no shoes!



6) Being the train nut he is, he loved this ride!



7) The stick was there to help push them along, Lucas needed no help.


8) Katarine only needed a little bit


9) Peter strapping Katerina, which her nickname is Beans


10) Go Lucas go


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12)Very simple ride but he thought it was the greatest thing


13) They even have a water park!


14) Peter showing some love


15) Frog men diving into the pool


16) Everyone loves the log ride


17) Down they go, so this is what a turd's life must feel like


18) Here we have Monica giving me the Jersey salute!


19) I half expected them to do the same lol


20) We took tons of pictures of them on this ride, we kept missing them pass us lol


21) Take 100 and I dont know.....


22) Seth and Mommy


23) When the park opened in 1963 it only had 4 rides.....4 rides wtf is 4 rides? Even crappy traveling carny shows have more than 4 rides lol


24) Here we have Lucas hiding because he did not want to go on a ride......love the sandals ;)


25) Beans and Lucas on an original ride from the 1960's


26) this thing was fast!


27) this ride was more of his speed lol


28) I cannt cheezzzze with the sun in my eyes


29) Giant Amish dude outside of this buffet we love. I think he pooped a Phil!


30) Lucas wasnt so sure about this guy


31) The whole crew on a wagon.....they give a whole new meaning to 'Ridin Dirty'


32) Our hotel was only 2 blocks from Wonderland, I took this one while out on a walk.


In all we had a great time, we saw Thomas the tank engine, went to Dutch Wonderland and ate way too much vacation food. This was a mini vacation for us, I hope to go on an all out vacation soon. We are planning on going camping some time very soon. I cannt wait I love pretending to be homeless for a week!

Part one...Thomas the Train

This past weekend we took the kiddies to see Thomas the Tank Engine up in Lancaster,PA. We stated for 3 days and two night because we also went to Dutch Wonderland for the first time. Which was only about 2 blocks from the hotel.

Day one was Thomas, and since Lucas is just mental for Thomas you can imagine who was the happiest that day. You want to see a child stop in his tracks? Just turn on the TV and put on Thomas, no matter what Lucas is doing it will come to a halt the second he hears that song!

Here is the our first picture of the Thomas adventure.


This was one of those simple little rides you see everyday out side of grocery stores, but here in Thomas land there was a line for it! I did not have .75$ on me for the ride but some nice lady gave me the money. Remember people, its the random acts of kindness that can really make a persons day. Thank you random woman with some extra change for making Lucas one happy boy.

I always pictured the conductor like the one I saw that day, he was picture perfect. Not the cleanest but definitely the most believable.

I was disappointed I could not get him to talk to me. We all know how celebrities are these days, always to busy to stop and talk with the little ppl lol.

Everyone stopped at this one crossing to put change on the tracks. It was like getting a sacred token from some spiritual guru or something.

We have a blessed penny and a nickle....I really need to find them and get a picture of them. God only knows where they might be now!

Every time we go to a show or something like this I am always reminded of the episode of 'Rockos Modern Life' It was this show I used to watch all the time that went off the air many years ago.....but anyway.....Rocko and his buddy go to this ski lodge that had a sign 'Everything $5'. Who could resist a ski lodge that was only 5 bucks right? But here is the rub.....EVERYTHING was $5, the boots, the ski rental, the ride to the top of the mountain, the bathrooms.....'Everything 5$' doesn't sound so good anymore does it?

Well here we have the booth where you can get you picture taken with Thomas, but it wont cost $5....more like $30 or more!


So we wanted until he backed up to get a picture. Not as good or as fancy but years from now all they will see is the memories made that day.

Here is something you dont see on the rail lines anymore. I love how they kept this in perfect condition.

ChooChoo......sorry I had to do that

And of course what trip into Lancaster would be complete without some pictures of the Amish people. Man these people creep me the fuck out. Now dont get me wrong the ones I have meet have always been the most polite and helpful people you could ever know. But their accents and the language they speak.....I mean come on why do you have a foreign accent you were born in American?!?!?!

Lucas loves trains, wouldn't it be funny if he actually grew up to work with them.

Tickets, have your tickets ready....or I will throw your fat touristy ass right out the fucking window no free-loaders on this ride!

Lucas, Mommy and Seth. Ever notice the one with the camera very rarely ever gets in the picture

Goodbye Thomas....we will see you again next year!

I came to post but now....

I have to bitch about blogger not uploading. I have been trying to get my pictures up but I keep getting this annoying error! I know I have been using this blog for free and all sooooo I cannt bitch tooo much, but come on now!

I will be back to try and get my pictures of me and my family's weekend with Thomas the Train and Dutch Wonderland up in Lancaster PA.

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I am huge on using the latest and greatest fad do-dad or supplement. I have used just about everything under the sun in the realms of health and fitness.

And I think it is time I start to write about my experience with them. So let me start off with my newest trial....Sensa. I saw the ad and had to try it. I mean it was only $10 for a two month trial supply.

I cannt really say much about the product as of yet, I just started using it but I can say this about the billing.....Be careful when ordering! They put you on automatic billing the moment they ship you your 'Free trail'. I was lucky enough to have a wife that is smart enough to tell me to go and check how they do their billing. Because after a quick look at my profile on their web site I found that I was on a billing cycle. These people are tricky tricky. The product itself is in the trial stages for me so I cannt really say much, so stay tuned for that. But I really dont like they try to scam you into getting repeat orders without you having to request it first. Read the fine print people and listen to your wife/husband. They can be right some of the time you know!

PS

I am away for the weekend, starting Firday. The family is going to Lancaster PA, we are all going out to see Thomas the Train. My little one is fucking mental about Thomas. So this should be interesting, lots of pictures will be taken!

Fathers Day Weekend

This past weekend was fathers day, belated happiness goes out to all the fathers of the world, adopted, step dads and fosters dads as well. It was a good weekend with with no complains, except for the fact I wish there was an extra day of rest lol.

Saturday, Seth had his piano test at Kean University and did wonderfully! Here we have a picture the morning of the test.



And here we have Seth warming up on one of the practise pianos. They have a bunch of them in these little sound proof rooms. I am really curious as to how they got them in there?



His test score: 96%. Who knows, he might make something out of this in his future.



Sunday:
We had our last baseball game of the season, which was the play offs for the finals. We did not make it but that did not seem to bother Seth one bit.
We also went to the park by our house. Looking at the pictures from the park one would think I live in a very wood area. And even from an areal view it would seem that way, but never ever judge by looks alone. Welcome to the jungle, the ghetto jungle that is lol. Where the park is full of blunt wrappers, dime baggies and empty bottles of Old E and Natty Ice haha!



They had 8 swings at the park, 4 baby swings and 4 big kid swings. Well, recently they took down the big kid swings and put in new ones. But now we have 6 baby swings and only 2 big kid swings. I wonder what government official that has never seen this park signed off on this one?



Seth right before taking the field. His last game of the season, it has been a longer season than usual. Due to the rain and heat.....we skipped over spring this year. One minute it was cold and then next it was blazing hot!



Seth up at bat, at these level they do count strikes and balls. He has a good eye for which pitch is a good pitch. He actually was walked on this play.



Lucas wanted to take a picture, and this is what I got lol



Lucas and his CHEESE face



Can you tell it was a hot day?



I am sooo glad they have this little jungle gym at the baseball field.



At my office I work with a bunch of humorless cubical drones, so once in a while I will try to add some color to their lives with some of my work safe humor. Here is a little something I did last week. They have this sign on a door leading into a hall way that has alot of traffic, and on the day I made this sign I observed something that made me smile. I saw this guy going down the stairs at a pretty good pace but came to an almost dead stop when he came to this door. And then he opened the door slowly, just like the sign said. So in my mind I thought,
'I wonder if I could get them to follow some additional instructions?'
So I added a little something fun to the sign in hopes that everyone follows directions.




I never got to see if anyone followed this sign but I did notice it was taken down on the following Monday. I am now in the process of thinking about something new to add here, any suggestions?


Also on Sunday while out grilling I saw a blimp. I have not seen one of these things in a while, I have always wondered who fly these things and what kind of license you need to operate one.



My blog is coming back to life slowly but Sherly, 'Yes but don't call me Sherly'
I still have to go through the people I have on my blog roll thingie and make some changes. Some of the people I used to blog with have gone away or just don't blog any more. So it is time to make some new fwends and move on. The Internet is a funny place, you can make 'friends' and lose them just as fast as you can blink.
When playing on the Internet one has to have a thick skin and take nothing personally. Because at the end of the day no matter how well you know your 'E-freind' you truly have no idea who they may really be.