My parents were here last week and we had a wonderful time showing them around Boston. They arrived on Tuesday and right away we took them to Harvard Square. We showed them the Kennedy School and my dad said, "Well, I finally made it to Harvard." :) Now that I think about it, he could probably get accepted into the program, maybe next year, dad! Bob and Joshua had to run off to the Tigers/Red Sox game so Abigail, Chloe, Josiah and I took mom and dad to see Harvard Yard. I wanted to know why everyone wants to touch John Harvard's toe so I looked it up. It is supposed to be for good luck but there were many comments made by students saying that actually it is a bad idea...you don't have to think too hard do you? So anyway, we didn't touch his toe...but we don't believe in luck anyway so we don't need to. So we tootled around a bit and then headed home. Bob and Joshua had a great time at the ball game, even though it rained. Joshua got Maglio Ordonez to sign his baseball! AND it there was a brawl on the field! It's sure to be a game Joshua will always remember! Wednesday we checked out the last part of the freedom trail which includes the USS Constitution (we didn't go aboard this time because the wait was too long), the Bunker Hill Monument (this time I climbed to the top while carrying Chloe...not recommended!) and the North End. We ate lunch at a tiny little Italian place called G'Vanni's. The bread was fabulous and the pizza was even better. The kids thought it was cool to drink their water out of blue wine glasses. We finished the afternoon by stopping into Mike's Pastry and grabbing some out of this world Italian pastries!!! Totally, totally fabulous! Mom got a cream puff, I got a lobster tail, dad got a cream puff with strawberry and Bob got a canolli with chocolate filling. Yummy! That night we had some friends to watch the kids and the adults got to sneak away to the Red Sox/Tigers game! It was fun to go to a game with my parents. Somehow I thought I was able to get us seats but turns out we had standing room only tickets. We made the best of it and had fun even though the Tigers lost.
Thursday was our down day at home. We needed to recover a bit from all our walking and standing. But Friday was the grand finale of Grammie and Poppi's visit. We drove up to York, Maine, which is a small beach town just as you cross into Maine. We walked around the quaint town and got lunch. Then we headed to Nubble Light House, which I guess is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the US. There were tons of rocks to climb on and the kids had a blast exploring. Unfortunately, Chloe lost her flip flop in the ocean and I was not quick enough to grab it before it floated away. We decided that we would write a story about all the adventures her flip flop would have at sea and that cheered Chloe up a bit. Our next stop was Brown's ice cream where even the child size was too big for most of the adults...but oh so tasty. To wash off our sticky ice cream hands we headed to the beach for some swimming. There's nothing like splashing in the ocean and the kids had a great time. We weren't able to stay as long as we would have liked because we had to head home. You see Friday was also my 10th wedding anniversary! Bob had big plans for us. :)
He surprised me with dinner at "The Top of the Hub", which is a restaurant on the 52nd floor of the Prudential building in downtown Boston. It's all about the view up there! Georgeous. We had an amazing 7 course meal that took 3 hours to get through. It was so cool because it was all the kinds of things that I see on Food Network but have never had the opportunity to try. The food was excellent and it was a wonderful opportunity for us to enjoy some time alone together celebrating the past 10 years and looking forward to the years that are to come.
All in all it was a wonderful, fantabulous week. I'm so thankful for my husband, my children and my parents! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
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