Hwo do you like my punny title? Anyway...we were up at our usual school time today so we could go to the Crayola factory. It was another freezing one! Before leaving, Amelia wanted to show off the iPod that her Lego Friends person (Stephanie) and dog (Ruffsley) have. They have some cool little accessories.
Jeremy is working on his 15th police lego item.
I got the water bottles, packed up the dogs and off we went at 8:12 AM. It took 1 hr 16 minutes to get there. That ride STINKS! I despise Route 100. Depressing and awful especially with no one there to ridicule it with me!
Anyway we got to Easton. You follow the animal footprints to the Factory from the parking garage. The garage was essentially empty. There were only about 8 people at the Factory - I should say "Experience" it appears to have changed it's name last year. I guess because it is not really a Factory. Plus they opened a new store. But I digress (and it's not even an interesting one)
Proof we arrived!
THey had a couple of crayon scultptures. Here is the "Izey" tower as Jeremy called it.
You get three tokens. You turn those tokes in for a free marker, free box of crayons (4) and free pack of model magic clay. Then there are little exhibits and projects to do. Here is the "color explosion" demo. Back paper you color and it shows multicolors underneath it.
There are things that are fun to draw on - like this car.
Here we are in front of the factory demo that they run once an hour. They make a crayon and a marker. My man knew lots of stuff from his Kindergarten book already. Most of the machinery is from the 40s and 60s so it's not the stuff they use today but interesting. Then you get a freshly-made crayon and marker. The crayon was still warm. Red was the color of the day.
This is a running count of crayons made since 1903 when Binney and Smith was founded.
They seem to have a theme each month. The theme this month is traveling on vacation. So first we made a suitcase (for some reason I didn't take a picture of that, but one is below) and then a passport. The passport was made with washable paint and stamps. Then you put it in a dryer.
This was a cool thing where you dance to the music and it creates colors on the wall. Here's what our crazy kids looked like:
Here's what the wall looked like:
By now the place was filling up. A big MLK day activity. Lots more dads than I expected. But EVERYONE was from New York and North Jersey. I mean everyone. I saw 4712837 Giants' jerseys and hard quite a few great accents.
I made this elephant for the peanit as a reminder of Thailand out of Crayola model magic.
We made sand art, too. Amelia made a heart and jeremy a seashell. I always wanted to do sand art but resisted the urge. I think I was denied as a child. :)
There was a giant chalkboard floor to draw on, too. And slip on. It was treacherous. Someone needs to notify crayola's lawyers.
The last exhibit was about the Easton canal system (don't ask why).
There was a decent sized Crayola store next door. It's funny to see all the Crayola stuff in one place and shirts, etc. I did not find the flash light that Grum and Pop had, but I looked. The store was only completed after the January shut down (which ended like January 11th), so it was brand spanking new.
The highlight is the world's largest crayon. Blue
On the way home we stopped at the only eatery that was nearby (other than 2384 McDonald's) and that was a Wendy's. I got a free frosty, though. There must have been 15 people in line, but everyone was quite hungry so we waited.
We were home around 2:20. Here is a picture of our haul. Including the suticases A&J made. Ready for another trip, pean?
So then we just rested up. We left for O&O's at 4:45. Dinner was a at 5:30. We had veal stew (like the William Penne Pasta that Liberty Tree Tavern used to serve but with Veal). The kids had noodles. Jeremy just had cheese on his. Amelia had sauce of course. In a shocking development, they had a coconut custard pie from Shady Maple and 3 donuts for dessert. I opted for the donut. The kids shared one, too. A vanilla long john which I don't think I am familiar with.
We headed home. That's when I got Mommy's email. Yay wifi again! The beach shot looked gorgeous and awesome. I hope this gives you the chance to relax that you deserve (both on this trip and otherwise). I'll be back at work tomorrow. I actually have a call with my friends in China at 9:30 PM tomorrow. So, once again, I'll be closer than you think!
I leave you with this shot. Your Otis was all wound up today. We played a great game of growling crabby. Not bad for a ten year old Doggie with a limp.
We miss you and love you.
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