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Friday, October 10, 2008

Walden Pond

On Sunday we headed to Walden Pond. It was a little chilly, but it was very nice after sending a day in the city!

It was quite chilly so we dressed warm! Here is Sara:

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And here is some crazy Yankees apparently not deterred by the cold weather:

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We walked around Walden Pond, so as you can imagine, we had a time entertaining Sara:

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This is the site of Henry David Thoreau's cabin:

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Afterwards we went to Concord, MA for lunch and we stopped by Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to see Author's Ridge

Here is Henry David Thoreau's grave (no we didn't bring the apple, but we almost ate it!):

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and Nathaniel Hawthorne's:

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And Louisa May Alcott's:

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And Ralph Waldo Emerson:

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The Freedom Trail

Last Saturday, we ventured into Boston to walk part of the Freedom Trail.

Sara was a little nervous about the subway, but she ended up loving the train!

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First up was the State House:

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Then we saw the Robert Gould Shaw Monument. Robert Gould Shaw was a colonel in the Civil War that led a regiment of all black soliders. He fought for them to receive the same wages as their white counter parts and died while leading his men in a charge at Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

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Next was the Park Street Church:

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Next to that was the Granary Burying Ground:

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There were a few special graves

John Hancock:

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One with an interesting poem:

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Here is the poem:

"Farewell Vain World I have enough of the(e)/ And now I'm careless what thou say of me/ What Fault thou see in me/ Take care to shun/ There work within thy self/ That should be done/ Thy smiles I court nor thy frowns I fear/ My cares are past my head lies quiet here"

It was on to King's Chapel and its burying ground:

Here is Samuel Adams:

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John Winthrop:

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A plaque recognizing the location of the first public school in America.

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At this point in the trail Sara needed a snack, so we stepped into a Starbucks (of course!) Don't worry its just chocolate milk in the cup :)

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The Old South Meeting House:

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The Old State House: This is where the Declaration of Independence was first read to Bostonians. Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech here on the bi-centennial celebration of America's independence. Interesting, isn't it?

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Site of the Boston Massacre (which apparently wasn't really a massacre) :

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Eating clam chowder at Quincy Market:

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Not long after that, Sara feel asleep so we left the rest of the Freedom Trail for another day and instead explored an old Boston neighborhood called Beacon Hill

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How'd you like this for your entrance way?

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And this is Acorn Street, a old cobblestone street!

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Saturday, October 4, 2008

More Birthday pictures :)

Birthday Girl!!!

Sara got her special day started by helping Daddy to make some yummy pancakes! Unfortunately, after that Sara had a checkup at the doctor's and had to get blood drawn and a flu shot... not fun on your birthday! (Oh yeah, and she got a haircut the day before!)

From Sara's 2nd bday!

Later on, we had some fun at the park!!!

From Sara's 2nd bday!

And when we got home, we iced the cupcakes in preparation for the birthday extravaganza!

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They needed sprinkles too!

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YUM!!!!

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Sara LOVED the icing!

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We had Sara's favorite meal of hot dogs and macaroni and cheese!

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After all that settled, we had a cupcake!

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Isn't this how you eat your cupcake??

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And then we opened presents!!!!!!!! Sara was definitely into the opening presents part this year!! Check out the videos below :)

From Sara's 2nd bday!

She loved picking out what present was next to open!

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Bitty Baby loved eating her cupcake :) Thanks Aunt Diane!

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And Sara loves her train! Thanks Pages!

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And she likes to build with her blocks... today she made Mrs. Potato Head a house!

From Sara's 2nd bday!

Here is Sara's birthday cupcake! She somehow knew to blow the candles out... that's what she did as soon as Mike started this video!

Here she is opening Bitty Baby's birthday outfit!

Opening Mrs. Potato Head... I love how she is so excited about the other presents! She definitely got the present thing this year!!

Opening the Little People train!

More "People"!!

Playing with Mrs. Potato Head... so much fun!!!

We have more videos they are a little dark! We're in an old house and the lighting isn't great... sorry! Here is one of Sara playing with her blocks; here is one of her and Mrs. Potato Head; and here is one of her and the train

Foliage Watch '08

Ok, warning, this might be a bit geeky! BUT since we're in New England and I am regularly faced with parking on the roof of the garage at the gym, I thought I would start a foliage watch :) Here are some pictures from the first two weeks:

September 29, 2008