Weekend in Boston

For our 10 year anniversary we took a quick family trip to Boston.

Matt left work a little early on Friday and we got to the hotel in time for the kids to get a swim in before dinner and bed.

Saturday was our sightseeing day. The kids love riding the subway.

We had heard such wonderful things about the Boston Children's Museum that we decided to start there.

It was HUGE!! There was this 4 story climbing structure in the main entrance.

There was SO much to do and we only got a pictures of a few of the things that the kids did. This was a room full of slides/chutes for balls to go down. Very cool.

Of course a bubble room.

A water room.

The absolute coolest thing was the 90 kids visiting from Kyoto, Japan. They are part of an exchange program with students in Boston and there were visiting/entertaining the museum on the day that we were there. I didn't see it happening but C was sitting in the front row and the Japanese girls were waving at her and laughing. And after the performance they came over and felt her blond hair and looked at her big blue eyes. Matt says that blond hair is so rare over there that they are fascinated by it when they see it.

After their performance they had little stations that they had set up for kids to participate in. K and C loved it. And there was still more fawning over my blonde kiddos.

K loves everything that dad does, and so he was in heaven meeting all of these Japanese kids. When we left he was actually in tears because he missed his Japanese buddies.

Seriously adorable! C has not let go over her fan since they gave it to her.

The museum had an actual Japanese house that was brought over and set up inside.

L was actually a pain in the behind. I guess he wasn't comfortable in the stroller because he refused to take a nap in it. So, he was awake the whole day except for the times when Matt and I would give in and carry him until our backs cramped up. It was a little rough for Little L.

It was such a gorgeous day out that I wanted to do some walking so we went down to the touristy area and played in the fountains a little and then got some ice cream and watched a street performer. By then we were all done and ready to go back to the hotel for another swim.

Sunday morning we squeezed in another swim before heading back home. If you ask the kids about the trip they will tell you all about the swimming pool. :-)

It was a great weekend!!