10 years

Happy Halloween!

Each year at Caleb's work they have a day to dress up in Halloween costumes. Last year he was a cow, this year a chicken. So people at work wondered if he has a whole lot of farm animal costumes. So since Caleb is always an animal, the dogs decided to dress as people.


Sadie was not particularly fond of the hair bow. She kept rubbing along the couch and floor to try to get it out. Sylvester kept walking on the tie. They could never be dogs that regularly wear clothes.

Caleb's Saturday

So apparently an explanation is in order. No this is not Caleb dressed up riding a crazy tractor. He just took the picture at a pumpkin patch. The place had a big slide, punkin chunkin catapult, dried corn pit, donuts with cider, a train, and the tractor that blew bubbles out the front and fire out the top.

Boston--Day one

Our first day in Boston we spent the morning taking a boat ride out to the oldest still working lighthouse in the country. It is out on one of the tiny harbor islands.  It was quite a narrow climb up to the top with an amazing view. In the afternoon we drove down to Plymouth and saw the  Mayflower 2 and Plymouth Rock. We were surprised at how small the rock was. For dinner we went to Isaac's restaurant and then hunting for crabs on the shore.

     

Boston--Day Two

Saturday we headed into town. We drove to the the subway parking area and took the subway in. We started in Boston Common where we went on a guided tour of the first half of the Freedom Trail. Our guide was dressed in Revolutionary clothing and spoke in character as someone who lived then. He showed us many different places and told a lot of stories. After the tour we went through the farmers market and then headed over to Quincy market.

At the market there was a huge variety of food options and then there was some entertainment out front. We saw a couple of jugglers, a funny guy who did some balancing acts, and then a group of hip hop dancers. Next we continued on to finish the Freedom Trail. We saw the Old North Church and then headed across the river to see the USS Constitution.

We took the ferry back to where we started and headed up to the North End to get Italian food for dinner. Everywhere had at least an hour wait and so while we were walking around we happened upon Mike's Pastry (who we had heard rave reviews from many people). So we made it through the mob and got some canollis  to eat after dinner.

 

Boston--Day Three

Sunday we headed out to Lexington to the Minute Men National Park and learned about the start of the Revolutionary War. We went through a couple houses and saw a man shoot an old period rifle. We also went for a walk to  the North Bridge. Saw the graves of some famous authors--Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne--in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. While Jerolyn took Todd to the Airport, we toured Orchard House, the home of Louisa May Alcott. Then on the drive back to the hotel we stopped at Walden Pond and the Boston Temple and took pictures.

 

Boston--Day Four

Monday we took the subway back into town and went on a tour of Harvard. We had a couple of enthusiastic undergrads give us an entertaining tour. It was neat to see the history of all the buildings (some of those dorms are really old) and also to see the "ugly period" from the buildings built in the 1970's. After the tour we headed out so we wouldn't get home too late. We had a great time and saw a lot of history. Trenton was such a happy little guy for the trip. He has done so much traveling already, maybe he will grow up to be a world traveler.