Visiting Sydney, NY

Jerry had to travel to Sydney, NY on business so Will and I joined him.  We left Monday afternoon and had a delicious dinner at Lampy's in Binghampton on the way up.  Jerry had meetings all day Tuesday so while he was working, Will and I visited the Joseph L. Popp, Jr. Butterfly Conservatory in Oneonta, NY.  Will was incredibly excited about the trip because it has been his goal recently to catch a butterfly or a bird.  He actually spent almost an hour outside Monday before we left chasing butterflies in the yard.  He was thrilled with all the animals he got to see while we were there, but was a bit disappointed that he couldn't touch them.

After we left the Conservatory, we stopped by a grocery store and picked up some things for a picnic lunch then we found a park.  We ended up at Neawa park in Oneonta, which was very nice.

We had a donut for dessert during our lunch.  And Will loves the new water bottle from grandma!

Will shared his donut with the fish and geese
(after he ate all the icing and sprinkles of course!).

I found what we need out back - a tire swing!  It incorporates cars and swinging - it doesn't
get any better than that in Will's mind!

For dinner we went to Sabatini's, an Italian restaurant in Oneonta.
It was absolutely the best Italian I have EVER had! 


After dinner we stopped at a small ice cream stand for dessert.  Will was in such a good mood that he even shared his ice cream with me!  As we were leaving, I told him thank you for sharing his ice cream.  He gave me a hug and kiss and said "thank you for having a wonderful day."  That moment was of course my favorite part of our whole trip!

Afterwards we went back to the hotel and enjoyed the pool before bedtime.
Will wore himself out swimming laps in the inflatable ring.