A day at the farm

Saturday we went to our favorite farm (Howell Living History Farm). It was back to school day with tours of the old school house. As the day rolled out, our kids' personalities did too. Oakley could not be pulled away from the stream where he was looking for any animal he could find, so Bryce stayed with him while Tessa, Hathaway and I went on to the school house. Oakley found salamanders, frogs and fish and Tessa spend most of her time writing and coloring on an old school slate. Oakley wants to be a herpetologist and Tessa wants to be an eye doctor....they seem to be on the right track.

First Day of 2nd Grade

Oakley started 2nd grade. We walked to school with the Cox family, which is becoming a tradition.

Labor Day Weekend--the Last Hurrah before School

We tried to get a lot into the weekend before school. We went to Boston to visit some friends and family and see some of the city. We got to see my old roommate, Anna (above) and spend some time on Harvard campus the first day we got there.

Here we all are trying to rub the lucky golden toe. I dont know that we had that much luck since our whale watch was cancelled due to the hurricane.

Here is Bryce's old volleyball court with a new net. He used to play in the Rhino intermural league (see photo below for rhino). Ahhh, the glory days with a lower net for lots of spikes.

The rock fountain was lots of fun.

The next day we went to the public gardens and commons. Here are the kids with the Make Way for Duckling statue. We even walked the ducklings route along Charles Street to the gardens.

Here we are in the Frog Pond on the commons. Aunt Amy Beth joined up with us.

Then we headed for home on Sat. Monday we decided to do our, what is becoming annual, hike to Bald Pate mountain. The kids are getting to be good hikers. A nice end to the long weekend.

Trip to the zoo

The next day cousins came for a quick visit.

We decided Hathaway would really like the zoo now, so we decided to get a year pass. They all loved it--I am sure we will put the pass to good use (and we can get in friends for free, if anyone wants to go).