Yo, Adrian

 We took a day trip to Philly and made a small dream of mine come true.  It wasn't visiting the Liberty Bell or perusing Ben Franklin's home.  It was a higher, much loftier goal.

That's right.  I ran the Rocky steps.

We weren't the only tourists there who had the same idea.  We may be from different countries and speak different languages but one thing we did have in common.  We all waved our fists and sang the Rocky theme song.   (I bribed Madeline with candy to get this shot.)

After I got my Rocky fix we moved on to the Philadelphia zoo.  There was face painting there and Madeline wanted to be a piggy.  I tried to persuade her to be something pretty like a flower princess...but no, she wanted to be a pig.  And a cute little piggy she was.

After walking around seeing the sights and animals all afternoon, our little piggy was tired.  So dad carried her back to the car to go home but we first had to stop and get a REAL Philly cheesesteak.  Charles went to college in Philly so he knows where to get the best cheesesteak.  

After a 30 minute ride back to Wilmington Charles and I had this huge desire to fly kites.

It was terribly windy.  All the better for kite flying. 

 Charles and I had so much fun frolicking about and flying this $8 kite...

...but Madeline's response was "Can we go home now."  Maybe we should've spent time in Philly at Ben Franklin's house checking out his kite collection.