Early College Visit

We took Sofia and Annabella on their first unofficial college visit recently, when we took them to State College to visit Penn State. Actually, we were there for the Arts Festival, but we had to stop at the Creamery and the Nittany Lion Shrine. Sofia has a book in which the Nittany Lion visits both sites, so she was quite eager to see them.

Of course, once we got to the Creamery, the line was QUITE LONG. This picture only shows the part of the line that was outside. This was all after it snaked all through the Creamery building itself. Waiting in line with two little ones was sooo exciting!


Sofia was so excited. Not about the ice cream so much, but because there was a mural of the Nittany Lion on the wall. What 2 year old runs away from a bowl of ice cream to see a picture of the Nittany Lion?

Yeah, mine.






We then went on to Lion Shrine and waited in line again with Annabella and Sofia (who wanted to get in everyone else's pictures), only to have Sofia and Annabella cry and try to crawl away once we did get an opportunity to take some pictures.






All in all, it was a great time with them. Especially when Sofia turned to her mother, as we left the Creamery, and said, "Mommy, I'm going to go to school here." I don't think she even was prompted by anyone to say that. Maybe.