Boston, Lexington and Concord

We had the most wonderful trip to the east coast. Of course, the highlight of the trip was the wedding for Rich and Kim (more from that to come) but we had so many wonderful days all packed into a week. One thing I was most excited for was to venture into Boston and the surrounding areas with Dad, Brian and the kids. We went into Boston, parked at the Alewife T station and rode the train to Park Street. Needless to say, Michael was in heaven. He pointed out the tracks and watched out the window the whole time!




We headed from the train to the Public Garden, the setting for Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. It took a minute but we found the duckling statues and took some photos. Then we headed to see the real ducks in the ond and even fed them some bread. The ducks were great to watch. They dove after the bread and one even jumped out of the water to catch a piece that Mike threw. It was so fun.






We took the train back to Alewife and then headed out of the city to Lexington. The kids had watched a great movie from uncle Rich called Johnny Tremain. It is one we grew up with about the early days of the Revolutionary War. It talks a lot about Lexington and Concord. It was fun to bring this history alive in Lexington and it was a beautiful day too!





After Lexington, Brian dropped me and the girls off at Orchard house, the home of Louisa May Alcott. They have such a fun tour and so much of what is in the home actually belonged to the Alcott family. I was so excited to share this with my girls.




After dropping us off the boys headed to Concord. They went to the Minute Man Park there and saw the Minute Man bridge. What a fun time they had. Nathan and Michael were thrilled to show the cool pamphlets and maps they got there, adn Grandpa was thrilled to make it to the bridge this time.





What a great day! Thanks Grandpa Call for coming with us!