This is a catch-all post and photo album for various stuff we've done since returning from Seattle.
I came back from Seattle two weeks before the rest of the family. While they were gone I got to go on a Boston Duck Tour through work. We had heard that the Boston version wasn't as good, or as funny, as the Seattle edition. I thought the Boston tour was great. Lots of history, as you'd expect. Plus a pleasant cruise on the Charles River. The most memorable part was passing through the lock in the old Charles River Dam. The drawbridge, from the underside, is so rusted I'm amazed it can still carry traffic. I cringe now whenever we drive over it to go to the Museum of Science.
I also joined friends Marielle and David at the Medford Boat Club on the Mystic Lakes (on the dammed Mystic River). Connie and Mark joined in and we had a really enjoyable evening. Carol and I are very tempted to join. It's a great swimming place and the girls could learn to sail. We'll see.
At the end of July we went back to Cider Hill Farm up by the New Hampshire border to pick peaches and blueberries. And eat delicious cider donuts, of course. Carol made an absolutely delicious blueberry pie. That night we had an impromptu dinner party with neighbors Sue and Ming and the Burtnetts - it was the first gathering in our new kitchen. Very fun.
The next day we made the trek south of Boston to Ikea, and on the way back we visited Castle Island in South Boston. It's a very cool park with an old fort and great views of boats entering and leaving the harbor. Audrey had a lot of fun collecting hermit crabs. Eventually Charlotte joined in, too. We missed the free tours of the fort so we need to go back.
On August 8th the whole family was invited to a birthday party for Audrey's classmate Sophia who lives a couple of blocks away. After the party at Sophia's house the whole gang went to Circus Smirkus which was visiting Revere. It's a really cool youth circus (performers are age 10-18). We are excited for the girls to attend circus camp in Vermont next summer (if we can get in). Kids who attend the camp and become skilled performers can audition to travel around New England with the big top show for the whole summer! *I* want to do that!
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