Boston Day #5

Boston Children's Museum. It was awesome!! We spent a good chunk of our day here. The girls, especially Em, loved it!! 

Boston Tea Party ship is behind them, wish I would have gotten that in the picture with them:) 

We ate lunch at the museum and wanted to spend the rest of the day at the New England Aquarium. It was a short walk and the weather was perfect!

The line to just get tickets was so long! We decided to go do some shopping instead and would come back during the week. 

Looking forward to tomorrow, Tay starts her BU Hockey camp! 

Boston Day #4

Woke up to blue and sunny skies here in Boston. 

We knew we had to get up early since we wanted to walk the Freedom Trail today. Wanted to get the majority of it done before it got way to hot out. At the beginning of the FT you get a pamphlet. It explains the history and importance of each stop along the way. It was awesome! I think the distance you walk is almost 3 miles, following a red line of bricks is what keeps you in the trail. 

The girls had fun, even the baby. And it was a great day to be out. Sun was warm but not hot and it wasn't too humid. I was expecting way worse. We stopped at a couple graveyards, some churches, USS Constitution ship, Bunker Hill, site of the Boston Massacre, the State House, Paul Revere's house, and a couple others. I believe there were 16 stops. You can take a tour by a guide or you can self guide yourself. We chose that since we wanted to take our time and not be rushed. It took us a good couple hours, by the end of it we were ready for a late lunch. We had read about this pace called the, Warren Tavern. Est 1780! It was right by our last stop on the FT, the Bunker Hill monument. I ordered a lobster roll, this picture does it no justice! 

Here are some pics of our lesson of our US History!

Three signers of the Declaration of Indep are buried here. It was creepy.

Mini History lesson from Dad.

State House.

Sight of the Boston Massacre. 

USS Constitution aka Old Ironsides. 

Our last stop was back at Boston Common, the carousel was going and the Frog Pond was open! The girls played in the pond to cool off, we will be going back there! In the winter they freeze it and its an ice rink. Fun! A couple rides on the carousel after the pond, and we were ready to go home.

 It's been a long day, very fun, but long. Looking forward to new adventures tomorrow!!

Boston Day #3

Another great day here out on the East Coast! 

Woke up and was so excited to have creamer! I sat and drank coffee for about 30 minutes or so while everyone was still sleeping. The apartment was quiet, it was nice. 

I started waking up my crew and we were out out of the house after about an hour. It was another cool weathered day. It had rained through the night but for now the rain was gone. The girls are happy too!!

We headed to the subway and went to catch the Duck Boats. The Duck Boat tour was awesome. It was an hour on land and 20 mins in the Charles River. It took us all over Boston. We drove into the water and the next thing we knew, Tay was driving it! 

She was a little nervous, but it was all in good fun. The guide went around the bus and asked us where we were all from, it was a mixed bus. From California, South Carolina, Denmark, South Africa, and as far as Abu Dabi. I don't know if I'm even spelling that right:) Here's some pics of our ride through the city.

With our tour ticket we also got a Science Museum admission ticket. Tay was super excited, she loves museums. It was another subway ride away. Still no rain, that was good! 

The Science Museum was huge. We spent a long time there and still didn't see it all. Both girls had a blast though. We even went to a show at the planetarium. It was about all the moons in our solar system. Em really enjoyed it. There were a couple kiddos in there crying, not ours. She was in awe. We may have a little scientist on our hands!

 

It was a long day so we decided to just eat at home for dinner. We had bought some meals at Whole Foods yesterday so we were just going to eat those. Lasagna for him, eggplant parm for me. The girls had chicken tenders and some strawberries. We are all ready for bed. Walking the Freedom Trail tomorrow!!! US history, here we come! 

One last picture, this was what we saw coming out if the subway station. Breathtaking!