Week 9: Ride Car

Unlike his Mom and Dad, Jonah is a very urban baby. Car rides are a complete novelty and are cause for excitement and celebration. His Mom and Dad not owning a car is certainly a large contributor to this. Every now and then, we rent a car for the day and drive upstate or to Long Island to visit friends, pick apples, etc., but the vast majority of his transportation experience is underground. Whenever Jonah sees his car seat - which normally lives in our storage locker - sitting in the apartment he gets very excited and says "ride car!" over and over. This week we took a trip to Sesame Place, an amusement park just outside of Philadelphia, to visit with some old friends and have breakfast with Elmo. While it is technically accessible via public transportation, it was endlessly easier to rent a car, pack up the three tons of gear required when traveling with a toddler, and drive west to Pennsylvania. I thought this novelty deserved documentation. 

Having two years of parenthood under our belts, we've learned that travel time is best coordinated with nap time, so the drive from NYC to PA was, for the most part, not very photogenic. We got to the hotel, got settled in and awaited our friends' arrival. When they got in and settled we took all the kiddos to the nearby park - despite the Africa inspired heat. This shot is right before we headed to the park - Jonah was wisely getting hydrated before we played. It was 95 degrees - no exaggeration - which is quite warm for May.

The photo - my 24-70mm at 25mm and f/2.8 and straight sunlight.