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!!

5 Months

Last Field Trip

For the big end of the school year hurrah we got to go to an amusement park that is for little kids. We all had a BLAST! (sorry that they are all cell pics)

C and Molly were inseparable!

They even had big rides that both of my kids went on!! They weren't scared at all!!

This is C on this one!!

The park is probably 30-plus years old and there are some kinda creepy statues around. My friend nailed it when she said "doesn't it look like it would turn into a horror movie at night?"

L even rode his first carousel.

Family Night at SPAC

This year marks the 150th year of racing in Saratoga Springs, so there are a lot of fun events going on this spring/summer to commemorate the occasion. We went to the family fun night kickoff event.

There were wandering performers, musicians and clowns, there was food and different types of booths. It was a great time.

There were Irish dancers. C loved them, of course.

L was fascinated by this clown.

Buddies.

Om nom nom.

There were 6 free bouncy houses to choose from.

(can you see Matt and L peeking?)

The boys got their pictures taken. L's makes me laugh.

And at the end there were fireworks!! We were right up front, underneath were they were exploding. It was great. L checked them out for a few min and then decided to go to sleep. Funny guy.

School Picture

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4 Months

Mothers Day 2013

(I'm doing a little bit of catching up.)

All I wanted for Mothers Day was to have my car detailed and to be able to sleep in. My amazing husband made sure that happened as well as breakfast in bed.

 I sure love these monkeys that call me Mother.

Sheep to Shawl

The kids got to go on another super fun field trip with K's school. It was at a museum where they teach you everything about wool, from the sheep to the shawl.

They started by seeing and touching the sheep before being sheared.

Then they got to see the sheep get her haircut.

And then see what she felt like afterwards.

The next station was to wash and dry the fleece, and then they got to make a picture with their fleece.

C loves Molly and tells me she is her best friend.

Next they got a demonstration of spinning and knitting.

And then finally they got to try their hand a weaving.

K amazes me with the way he learns things. He was about the 4th or 5th kid in line and he listened to the instructions on how to use the loom and then he watched each of the kids in front of him do it, and then when it was his turn he just went ahead and worked the loom like he was a pro!

It has been so much fun being part of K's school activities and field trips and even better that C can tag along and participate too. I really hope she gets into the same program next fall.

Meanwhile, Back in NY

While L and I were in CO the kids had a fun time back in NY. GrandMary had them for 2 days and Matt had them for 5. One thing they did was go to a buddies 2nd birthday party at a local firehouse.

Cady noticed right away that the girl fire-fighter had a pink helmet, and she went to check it out.

What a party!

Back to the house for ice cream and cake.

My extra day in CO allowed them to go to K's art show at school.

The kids had a great time getting individualized attention from Dad. They say that they missed me, but I'm not so sure about that. :-)