Today we took the bus to the Swan Boats, visited Make Way for Ducklings and had a picnic. It was not one of the most cooperative days with the kids and Brendan was particularly grumpy. But it was a beautiful day to be in Boston (and I do believe all the out of state marathon runners were walking around too!).
The bus ride was a highlight. The squirrel who wanted to picnic with us was not so cool. And who knew you now have to line up to take pictures with each of the Ducklings?!
Chris and I both have a few days off during school vacation week and we have some fun plans too!
Day 1- Eric Carle Museum, Dr. Seuss Sculpture Park and the Ellen Show!
We traveled out west- to Amherst and Springfield. The boys loved the Eric Carle Museum when we visited last spring. Everything is so hands on for them- the Art studio (the day’s activity was print making), playing the library, scavenger hunt in the Gallery- perfect for them! It is big, beautiful and full of light!
Since it was the closest we would be to Springfield, we took the quick trip to the Dr. Seuss Sculpture park in the Springfield Museums. The park was beautiful! (going to save the museums for when the boys are a bit older). We saw characters from all our favorite stories! Brendan LOVED the girl from Cat in the Hat.
Later Aidan and I decided that since Jennie was in Mexico, we should go the Ellen event in Brighton (so close to her house!!!). You had to bring three items- something beginning with C, V and S. Aidan brought his cap, vegetables and Sunggie! It was so fun seeing everyone’s creativity! Not sure that Aidan will be on TV but is was quite the experience!
Getting started on my list of things to catch up on. One of the highlights of the summer was our adventure to Canada to see Maureen.
The plan was to fly to Buffalo then rent a car to drive to Toronto. The flight was fine, the rental not so much. The tire needed air almost immediately (in the pouring rain of course). After hours of traffic, we crossed the border and had- a flat tire.
We parked in a Tim Horton’s (Dunkin Donuts). Chris tried for a while to change the tire, it was seized. He called CAA (AAA). It took them over an hour to get there. More time to fix it. In the end the kids were in Time Hortons for almost 3 hours (Brendan in Superman pjs by this time). We left Boston at noon. We got to our hotel at midnight. Great start.
The Sox game was great, even if they lost. The kids had a fun time. We were in the kids section with lots of kid friendly entertainment. I love live games.
More drama ensued with the rental which could not be exchanged sue to the unavailability of another sized car. Way too much time on the phone, time to get to the airport only to find this out, and to find out that WE would have to take the tire to be fixed!!!!!!!!
So Chris did that Sunday morning and two Canadaian Tire shops later, we had a new tire. We went to the zoo. Its beautiful there! Aidan had an accident and fell off a statue and got a flat lip. It was a bad fall, I though teeth would be lost! We got to see Maureen’s apartment and she made us pizza!!!
Traveling home was much easier, in the end our rental was comp-ed. The hotel was beautiful, the pool was a huge highlight and the boys saw their first Sox game. But I don’t think Uncle Richard will ever want to travel with us again!!!!