Happy New Year everyone!

Preschool has started up again, so my winter “break” is over and I have a few moments to myself to blog again. Someone asked me how my vacation was, and I felt like saying, “my vacation starts today!” Anyway, we had an exciting, cough-and mucus-filled few weeks of revelry and gift giving, and now life can pick up a semi-normal rhythm again. I installed a digital clock in the kid’s room as we begin to learn to tell time and to know what ‘number’ means that they can wake up and get up out of bed. And no, that number is not four!!

On Sunday we went to a wonderful birthday party held out in Lancaster at a place called Willow Valley. It is a conference center with an indoor pool and Starfish Cove, where you can have a water park adventure birthday party any time of year! It was fun, and from what I understand not too expensive for what you get. My kids have a birthday in March, but I am already exploring options. To be honest, we will probably be a bit restrained by budgetary considerations this year, but some of these look like great fun!
Ponies! - www.sleepyhollowponies.com
Water park- http://www.willowvalley.com/pool-parties.asp
Philly zoo - http://www2.philadelphiazoo.org/go/Hold-Your-Event-Here/Birthday-Parties.htm
Natural Science - http://www.ansp.org/activities/birthday.php
Fire house - http://www.firstwestchester.org/Home.htm
Zoo comes to you - http://www.safariparties.net/
My Gym - http://www.my-gym.com/03.asp?page=5&gymid=182
Please Touch - http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/planning_your_visit/birthday_parties/
Hands on House - http://www.handsonhouse.org/birthday.asp
Elmwood Zoo - http://www.elmwoodparkzoo.org/visit/groupevents/birthday.html
Bounce! - http://www.monkeyjoes.com/parties19465.aspx