The Weekend

This past weekend was the first Saturday in months we didn't have major plans scheduled. After sleeping in until 8 am (oh blessed 8 am!), we went outside to play in the large leaf pile Chris made for Elianna. Some of our friends drove by and decided to join us for awhile to play in the pile. We had fun hiding Harley, his soccer ball and Kyle in the leaves. After they left, we took some Fall pictures in the leaves.

After we got cleaned up, we headed over to the Children Hospital of Philadelphia. Back at Elianna's party, we had asked guests to bring toys for the children at CHOP instead of gifts for Elianna. Initially we were disappointed because we wouldn't be able to see any children, we just had to drop off the toys at the information desk.

However, while we were at CHOP, Chris tweeted (twittered?) that we were there dropping off the toys. From that we ended up visiting a student who goes to our school who was there because he had pneumonia. Besides the fact that it's a small small world due to technology, we also got to visit a child while we were there.

Too bad for us that there is a Bobby Burger Palace just around the corner from the hospital. Oh the deliciousness that are Bobby's burgers! Chris had the burger of the month - the Brunch burger. It has American cheese, smoked bacon and a fried egg on top. I told Chris to surprise me with a burger while I went to pay the parking meter. He did a great job with the choice! He ordered me the Napa Valley Burger. It has fresh goat cheese, watercress and Meyer lemon honey mustard. Delicious!!

We couldn't just stop there though so we headed on over to Capogiro Gelato Artisans (aka Shoppe of Yummy Italian Ice Cream). A gelato is Italy's version of ice cream. It is creamy, smooth and so so much better than "American" ice cream. I could eat a cupful every day.

Now you see why I could eat a cupful every day! Doesn't it just look so good? See ya, I'm off to Philly to get some gelato!