A Smaller Version......

Hello All!!!
So it has definitely been to long. Lots of running around and craziness. Isn't it just amazing how sometimes you are so busy, you don't even realize it? Maybe it is just me and my spouts of getting old at 41 😂😂

So, another great thing that I love about being home with my daughter is that I get to discover and find new cool places to go and have fun at with her. Two weeks ago I was looking for something to do with her and I stumbled upon a place online called Historic Cold Springs Village. hcsv.org
It was the first time that I had heard about it. I went to their site and found that they were having a pirate weekend. So a quick decision to take a road trip began. Threw together a packed lunch and snacks for us both and we were ready to roll. ~~SIDE NOTE.- I realized a long time ago that this is a very easy option to do, I always pack a lunch and snacks. I have a great hard case cooler made my igloo. It fits a great amount of things in it too! And guess what? I save a ton of money doing this. Quick healthy lunch ideas we norm do are some granola bars, juicer, waters, almond butter /apple butter sandwiches, carrots, Apple slices, almonds, brown rice cakes .......it truly saves me a ton of money when we are out and also in some cases saves me from spending it on junk food like pizza for lunch.~~

So we hit the road and we're off. We drove a nice Jersey Parkway ride down to exit 0. About a little over an hour in a half ride without stopping. I normally have to make a few stops though lol. Yes, many people think I am crazy because I drive all over doing things with her, but I am being selfish and taking advantage of all of the time I can squeeze out with her now before she gets older and only wants to hang out with her friends lol! 

Once we arrived, parked and paid to get in ( reasonably priced)  I was glad to find out we had only a few minutes to wait and the pirate show was going to begin. Walking the paths to the spot of the performance we came across some "gold" on the ground. She was so excited that she found "gold money!" It was a great part of the experience that they included for the kids. After you collected as much gold as you could, you could trade 3 gold coins for 6 pieces of candy at the "General Store" there. Then the extra coins you could save or scatter on your travels thru the village for other kids to find. Super Cute. We were also lucky enough to score some pirate treasures in the form of rings on our walk thru the village.

So we were in time for the Pirate show and grabbed a seat. The adults and older kids liked the show but was a little hard for young kids to understand the jokes etc. Still super cute and it was so great that the performers stayed in character thru out the day even when they were not doing a show.

The rest of the day we spent walking thru and listening to each building we went to. This place is a smaller version of what I remember Colonial Williamsburg to be from when I was a kid. For 3 yr olds it was a bit over them. She did enjoy seeing the animals (so did I) ......

For kids with the patience to hear what the blacksmith history is and wood maker, etc... then it is great . My girl just liked walking around and from building to building but once the history lesson started she was pretty much ready to move on~ can't blame her. All in all it was an awesome day. I would definitely recommend paying Historic Cold Springs Village a visit. Check online they have different events going on still.

Now for dinner this evening we didn't do anything spectacular as it was a very long and late day. WE had some leftovers which were still yummy.

More to come within the next day or so. Please feel free to follow my blog. Would love to know I am just not writing letters to myself to recap for my own memory at this age hahaha!