Boston Harbor Cruise.

The Boston Harbor Cruise was cool. I really enjoyed seeing the Boston skyline. We even had a possible sighting of President Obama. The cruise took us around the harbor and over to the USS Constitution and another ship that I can't remember the name of. Most of the pictures come from 'the other ship.'
I'm proud to be an American.


While I fed Lincoln my mom took Parker on board 'the other ship'. She said that anytime they stopped near one of these wheels Parker would stop and play for a LONG time. He sure loved spending time with Grandma.Nick took the cutest picture of Logan in one of the windows of 'the other ship.' How cute is his smile!? Super cute, I know.
Daxton took Parker by the hand and made sure that he was taken care of. Thanks "Daxxxton".Yeah he's cool, wearin' mommy's sunglasses!It was a little chilly but Grandma kept Parker warm. Thanks Grandma.

A night at the Museum.

The Museum of Science was one of our stops while my family visited. My goal is to take Willie to see all the cool stuff that we saw. We didn't get a lot of time at the museum but the time there was pretty amazing. Who knew Science could be so interesting? :)
Our first photo is of Lincoln. He was checking out a model of an early Lincoln vehicle. He was excited about the idea of a car sporting his name.
Next we have Daxton and Parker putting together a 'puzzle.' I'm not sure what it was but it was a tile with pictures of dinosaurs on it and they loved putting them up on the board.Good thing this monster dinosaur is dead, he could have crushed both of my boys! I'm glad my Stripling Warriors are brave and kept a happy attitude.
Oh no! Lincoln and I are about to be eaten by a T-Rex! Luckily I had speedy legs and could run away fast.
Okay enough of the dinosaurs. Let's check out some of the fun things to do. My mom and dad found some cool magnetic beads to make shapes out of. Lincoln had fun watching Grandma make a house.
Two year olds.
I thought this was a nice picture of Mom and Andi. Aren't they just so cute!?
Parker had a blast with this track. You put the ball at the top and watch it go down. You were suppose to find out which track was the fastest.
Needless to say we must go again.

Duck Tours.

We did it. We took the Duck Tour. My overall rating of the tour was a three out of five. I enjoyed seeing the sites and not worrying about the boys being in car seats. Our driver was very entertaining. I think that I would have liked to hear more about the history of Boston on our tour though. We heard a lot about famous people, especially the Kennedy's (Ted Kennedy died a few days before our adventure).

Parker and Lincoln did really well for me. Parker wanted to sit by me and I had Lincoln in the baby back pack. They had plenty of life jackets on board for everyone, even Lincoln.

All the boys had so much energy. Their favorite thing before we left on the tour was to run around this pillar. They had so much fun running after each other.
The video doesn't represent their full excitement. I took the video after they had been running around for ten minutes.

The energy didn't last long. Within about half an hour many of the kids were asleep. Parker didn't wake up until we were just pulling out of the water. He missed the best part.


We were a lucky set of tourists. We had the privilege of going INTO the water twice! When we were out on the water we found a stranded duck. We hauled them back to dry ground then took another plunge. To be honest I was expecting more of a splash.


Those who were awake got to experience something way fun; driving the duck! It looks like Nick enjoyed it more than Logan. I guess Logan was being a bit serious. Grandpa was kind to take Lincoln while Parker slept.

The next few photos are of everyone, in my company, on the tour. We had Andi, Nick and Logan. Then Grandpa and Daxton.Grandma and Logan.Grandpa took Lincoln after Lincoln woke up.Here I am with the boys before Parker fell asleep.Andi and Nick.At the end of our Duck tour we realized that even though Parker slept through most of it he did take home one thing, 'quack.' Any time we saw a Duck Tour in the city from that time on he would say 'quack, quack.' Thanks for taking us on the Duck Tour. We had a lot of fun.

The pictures on this aren't the greatest. Maybe my sister can send me some good ones.

I was so excited to have visitors come out to Boston to see us! We had my Mom and Dad, and Andi, Nick, Daxton and Logan come to visit. We had so much fun having them come out. It's a good thing we picked a cool place to live. Parker had so much fun with his cousins. He and Daxton were buds.
We went down to Boston Common the first day out. We tried to get a lay of the land and find the best places to park a big vehicle. We ended up finding meter parking on the street the first day because the parking garage wouldn't let us in.
The following pictures are from Frog Pond and chasing birds within Boston Common.



Lincoln relaxed on the grass. By the way Nick thanks for the cool sail boat you gave Parker. Parker warmed up to Uncle Nick right away. Parker enjoyed when Uncle Nick was silly. These videos are my favorite. The first one is of all the boys chasing the birds. The second video is the bird call that Parker used while chasing the birds. All the boys made this sound when they participated in this event.

Nap Time.

Just now we were trying to get Parker down for his Sunday afternoon nap. Nap time occurs at 1:00 and the time was just after. Parker hadn't finished his lunch yet, but he was wanting to 'watch Horton.' We asked him if he was finished eating and he said 'yeah.' Well that means it's nap time. I look over at him and he laid on the ground by the tv. He had his eyes closed and was saying 'sssshhh, sssshhh' his snoring sound. What a kid, he is becoming more entertaining every day.

Our three day vacation.

In some ways we did have a vacation. Overall the drive from Atlanta to Boston was splendid. I had a meltdown once and that was when Willie and I switched vehicles so I could get away from the boys. I love them but sometimes you just need to get away from them for a little while. We made our first stop in North Carolina. Night time was coming and we could see some lightning off in the distance so we decided to pull over.We stayed at a very comfortable Holiday Inn Express, thanks Walter for the tip. The stay was AWESOME! There was the most beautiful lightning show. I hadn't seen one like this since I was maybe 13 or 14.


I wish I could see more of these creations. The next morning we made our way up to Washington D.C. Willie and I have some friends that live there, Ben and Kristi Searle. Willie had emailed them to see if we could stop by and see them. Ben called that morning and said they would love to have us over for dinner and that we could stay with them! How awesome are they? Parker had fun playing with their little girl, Piper (Pi). She is so cute. Thanks so much for letting us stay with you guys. We had a blast. Good luck with the baby.We decided to go into D.C. to see some of the sites in a hurry. We saw the White House from a long distance. We walked past the Washington Monument, WWII monument, and made our way to the Lincoln Memorial. Of course we HAD to get Lincoln's picture with Lincoln.I made Willie pose for this really cool picture. He was just a little too short to reach the top, so he had to just rub the side of the Washington Monument.Parker got a bit tired during our short walk. The chocolate that we gave him didn't keep him awake as long as we had hoped.
Who knew that driving in the North East would give us so many opportunities to travel across bridges. We went over so many and I didn't get a picture of all of them but here are a few of the ones I did get.The Verrezano Bridge was a highlight. Willie knew this bridge well because it was in his mission.
The GPS took us through NYC. That was a bit crazy, but not too horrible. Willie kept getting upset at this Duck Tour. Apparently he was a bad driver. I thought it was funny that Will didn't like it so I took a picture so we could remember the good times. :) This is how happy Willie and Lincoln were to get to our new home! What a relief it was. We all were so happy to be out of the car and into a new place. We do miss Atlanta but Boston has been great. Thank you to those who helped us in our move, we are so grateful to you for all of your help.
p.s. This is what you do with your boxes when you plan to move a few months later; build a hut/fort for your kid.