beantown and the beach

While we were at Nana and Pop Pops, we took a day trip up to Boston to check out the sites and enjoy the beautiful city where Jim and I met.

Unfortunately my camera pooped out halfway through the day, so we only have pictures of the first half of the day.

We decided to take the train from Braintree to Park Street so that Maddie could take a train as part of her "Boston experience." We got off the train and spent an our or so walking around the Commons. Maddie loved the Make Way for Ducklings statue...although we've never read the book! I guess I need to look for it at the library.


Next up we hit the carousel.

After the commons we met an old friend from college and walked to Fanuel Hall for lunch. After lunch we walked to the waterfront. We wanted to see the results of the big dig that we lived thru while we were there. The waterfront was beautiful. The walk from downtown to the water was quick and painless and it really ties the city hot spots together. After a walk to look at the boats and the water - Maddie was pooped. She went from RUNNING up and down the wharf - so completely passed out in the stroller in about 30 seconds. She slept the entire walk back and the ride on the train. She finally woke up when we got to the car. I think she had a great day!

We were also able to meet our friends Dennis and Courtney at the beach one night. They have two really adorable kids and we had a great time getting the kids together and catching up with them. It was almost impossible to get a picture of all four kids and the adults. You can see little blurs of people in the two pictures below... the pink blur behind Dennis is Maeve and Maddie is headed out of the frame.

Now we have almost everyone but Maeve... she's bolting out of the picture in the lower right hand corner.

Caroline had a GREAT time at the beach all week. YOu can tell by the look on her face in this picture. She would crawl and crawl and crawl down the sand and right into the water if you let her. Putting shells, pebbles and of course sand in her mouth all along the way.



We were able to hit the beach quite a few times while we were home and Maddie keeps asking when we're going to go back to the beach. Guess we'll have to plan another trip soon!