Boston Trip

Last week, the kids, my mom and I went to Boston to visit my sister and her family. We had a great and memorable week. I'm not sure we made a good impression in Boston...here are some of our unfortunate highlighs from the week:

- At dinner with one of my sister's friends, I was asked if Tobin was into playing guns (like all typical boys). Not knowing who I was talking to, I candidly replied "Well, my husband's a hunter." I'm not sure I could have sounded more like a hick. The host quickly responded back at me with a sharp "We don't do that sort of thing up here."

- On Tuesday, we went to the Boston Children's Museum. Tobin's eyes were watering all morning and I just chalked it up to allergies and we were on our way. Throughout the day, his eyes progressively became gunked up and green and all around nasty looking. Late that night after no signs of feeling better, we went to the Urgent Care Center at a local hospital. Pink Eye. Yep, we spread highly contagious pink eye germs all over the Boston Children's Museum, of all places. Here's a picture of Tobin from the hospital:

- While taking Tobin's temperature one night when he wasn't feeling well, I dropped my sister's mercury thermometer and broke it in the children's bathroom. Sharp glass and mercury beads on the floor equals a big dangerous oops. Thanks, mom, for cleaning up my mess.

Other than these moments, we made lots of great memories...

- Tobin & Heidi had their first flying experience and they did great. Heidi slept on my mom most of the trip and Tobin thought flying was a great adventure.


- My sister's house has a perfect sledding hill in their backyard. Tobin and his cousins spent the first morning we were there sledding down and enjoying the snow until Sloan and Tobin went down together, crashed, and Tobin got snow in his gloves and on his face. That kind of ruined his fun.

- Tobin had his first skiing lesson and really enjoyed it. I was proud of him for being so brave and open to trying something new. There was a ski mountain just 45 minutes from where my sister lives and it was a fun experience for all of the boys. Heidi wasn't a fan of the snow. She's like her momma...doesn't like to be cold. Each time I would put her in her carseat this week, she would cry and scream because it was too cold for her little body.

- Boston has some amazing museums. We went to the Boston Children's Museum and the Science Museum and had a fantastic time at both. I was also able to see the Harry Potter exhibit at the Science Museum with my nephew Gil (he's 10) and my sister. It was pretty incredible.





- We had lots of time to play and be with one another at my sister's house throughout the week. The boys played (and fought) like brothers, wrestled, put on puppet shows, made valentines, had movie nights, and had an all around wonderful time.




Thank you, Cheryl and Greg, for opening your home to us, for being so gracious and hospitable, and for showing us a wonderful time in Boston. We love you all so very much!