Day Trippin'

What a day! I was too exhausted to post about it last night (and am still pretty wiped out today), but we spent the day playing tourist in Boston yesterday. It was a blast, but it was a LOT of walking. My feet need a break today! Still, it was a great day, and I'm sure we will do it again soon.

We left the house at 8:30, and got to the Boston Children's Museum, found parking, and made it to the door with a few minutes to spare before the 10am opening time. The museum is located right on the water, next to the Boston Tea Party museum, which was entertaining (they kept dumping "tea" overboard and then hauling it back up, haha). Anyway, the Children's Museum was AWESOME! There were so many different exhibits, and the kids had a lot of fun. The best part? We got in for free! We have passes to a local children's science museum, and they have a reciprocal agreement with both the Children's Museum and the Boston Museum of Science. Talk about a great deal!!

At any rate, here are some photos of the kids enjoying themselves at the Children's Museum!

We left the museum right before noon, and had our first "big city" adventure with the kids. We made the three-block walk to South Station, where we hopped on a red line train and made our way out to Cambridge, where Gus' old buddy, Ramzi, lives. We met up with him and his infant daughter at Harvard Square, and went to grab some lunch together. His baby girl was so sweet! She had the chubbiest cheeks and the cutest little mohawk!!

After we ate, we walked around the Harvard campus a bit. Harvard Yard was jam-packed with tour groups, and there was construction going on pretty much everywhere we turned. It was a little crazy!! But it was fun to hang out with Ramzi. It's about time! We've lived here for almost eight months now! Anyway, here are the old middle school friends, turned college roommates, turned daddies-living-in-Massachusetts. haha!

As we walked around Harvard, Nikos started to get ticked off, wanting to know where the dinosaurs were. He was ready to go to the Museum of Science, and we were taking FAR too long for him! So Ramzi eventually walked with us back to the subway elevator, we said our goodbyes, and we began our next train adventure. We took the red line to Park St., where we switched to the green line and made it out to Science Park. One thing we learned was that the green line trains were all older, and we had to lift the stroller up (a two-person job) to board. That kind of stunk! Still, we made it there without incident. And as we approached the museum, we saw a giant statue of a t-rex!

You know the thing Nikos had been waiting for ALL DAY? Yeah, he was terrified. haha! He was ready to leave at that point! But we made it by the statue, and the kids really enjoyed the museum. Gus and I were pretty exhausted, and we didn't look at too many exhibits, but we can always go back since it's free for us.

At that point, it was late, and we were done. I had hoped to be able to show the kids a few other things (Boston Common, Faneuil Hall, Old North Church, the swan boats), but that will have to wait. We got back on the green line, and had to switch trains again at Park Street. Except that the elevator we needed to get to the right platform was closed for construction. We looked all over for another way down, but couldn't find anything. Just one elevator that took us to a mezzanine where there more staircases to choose from. It was hot and gross underground, and crowded because it was rush hour. We ended up unloading the kids, folding up the stroller (a sit-n-stand-- so it's pretty bulky!) and walking down the stairs. Against the flow of commuters coming up them. That was the low point of the trip, for sure! But the rest of our journey was uneventful. We made it back to South Station, and it felt so good to get some fresh air again!

We walked back to the car, pausing to take a quick pic outside the Children's Museum. I love this picture! And if you look carefully, you can see a boat behind them. That's the Tea Party Museum!

We stopped to refuel at Dunkin' Donuts, and then made the drive home. And that was our day! --------------------------------- I know I haven't blogged much lately, and that's mostly because I have been completely wiped out! I painted our upstairs hallway three times, and it still doesn't look good! ugh! It's just soaking up the paint. I am taking a break from it, because it's so frustrating. And it's a huge hallway, so painting it is a giant pain. Literally, it makes me hurt! So I am trying not to think about it right now!

In other news...the weather here has been really nice lately! Warm, but not hot like it was before. We've been getting some thunderstorms, too. The other day, we had one that was INSANE! It went from being 83 and sunny, to all of a sudden pouring rain. The thunder was making the house shake! And then there was HAIL all over our front porch. Scary! OH, and when the storm ended, I went to open up the back door to get some air in the house. And a COYOTE was standing right in the middle of our back yard. It took of into the woods once it saw me, but oh my gosh!!! I didn't even know that there were coyotes in Massachusetts, but there are. Scary!!

Today, we're going to have a quiet day at home. I am still tired! There's a magic show at the library tomorrow, and we will be picking blueberries next week, but for today? I don't even want to change out of my pajamas, haha!