Day out with Thomas at Strasburg

 

Chopsticks Anyone?

What's better than fruit snacks?  Fruit snacks with chopsticks of course.  There was a lot of pressure given Sam's heritage but thankfully he was a natural.

Pic of the Day

Cayuga Lake Visit

We decided it was time to take our first trip out of town.  Grandma and Grandpa Shap were at the lake so we packed our bags and headed north.  We planned to take the Prius but after seeing all the "stuff" at the door it was evident we needed a bit more trunk space.  Once the Highlander was completely full we knew it was time to go.  Did I mention this was a two night stay?  After a few wrong turns and a speeding ticket we made it to beautiful Cayuga Lake. 

Who knew he could be this happy at 5:30 AM?

You can take the boy out of Red Lion, but you can't take the Red Lion out of the boy.

It didn't take Sam long to find a cute girl who liked to drink.

Sam's first golf lesson.  #crosshandedwonder

Sam hearts bubbles...

Bubbles are an incredible natural phenomenon that teach us a lot about physics, geometry, and mathematics. A bubble’s shell is composed of a layer of water molecules surrounded by two thin layers of soap. The liquid shell of a bubble is always pulling inward due to the phenomenon known as surface tension. Water molecules minimize the surface area of the bubble and a sphere is formed; a sphere is the shape with the least amount of surface area while containing volume. Bubbles burst if enough of the water molecules evaporate or if anything fractures the tenuous layer of water molecules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Sam runs the bases!

The York Revolution baseball team allowed kids to run the bases after one of their games.  We showed up around the 6th inning and found seats to watch the game.  That lasted about 2 minutes.  Sam wanted to run!  So we headed over to the play area to wait for the game to end.

And here he is getting ready to run.

 

And he's off!

(By the way...I thought J was going to be running with Sam but he decided that Sam was big enough to run on his own.) 

 

Can you see him running?  Seriously...I've never seen him run so fast!

 

After 3rd base, Sam decided he didn't want the "game" to end so he refused to run to home base.  He just stood there saying "I can't".

 



 

J had to finally go out onto the field and convince Sam to leave the field.