This morning after what felt like an awful lot of preparation we left at quarter after eight to spend the day in Boston; John and I took our three youngest to the Museum of Science, and Katy brought her friend Bahar, a German foreign exchange student and one of the sweetest girls ever, to walk around the city while we were there. It was fun for me as a parent to know how much fun Katy would have - that feeling of freedom and Independence that comes from your first day in the city.When I was her age Julie and I would go down to Boston, one of my favorite memories of high school. How is she old enough to do this?!
Although we expected Zach to fully appreciate the museum, Gabe surprised us by saying, "This is better than I thought it would be." He really enjoyed the planetarium (Rilla and I caught the first five minutes and then made a rapid exit in the dark when she realized what was going on), and Zach's favorite was the butterfly garden. John kept taking pictures of inappropriate signs ("Uranus:spinning sideways") and texting them to his friends. Ahh, marriage. He also managed to spend TWENTY DOLLARS at the salad bar- it was one of those pay by the ounce situations, and since we have been doing weight watchers salad is our go to meal, so admittedly he did pile up the plate, but seriously, twenty bucks? I'm just glad he didn't scrape the ranch off the broccoli and plop it back on the salad bar right then and there. While he enjoyed his meal the boys ran up and down and up and down and up and down those really fun musical stairs, which was as fun for me to watch as it was for them to do.
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| heading down to Boston |
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| Zach says the butterflies are cool but their distracting moves freaked him out |
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| Gabe ran this race against lights on the floor about 25 times |
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| Rilla slept in the moby wrap, not at all preturbed by the giant dinosaur behind us |
We went right from there to Bible Study, so it was a very long day but all the kids were terrific. Now for a small (4 point!) glass of wine and hopefully a footrub (I can always bring up the salad as leverage if John puts up a fuss).
thanks for alerting me to your blog, Kate! great to see a window into your life and awesome to see you all so happy and well. much love from Susanna
ReplyDeleteYou know, going to Boston with you ( all three times!) was some of the highlights of my twenties. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys had such a great time!
Tamara, that makes it sound so long ago! Seems to me it is about time to plan another day in the city!
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