Boston, Part one.

Posted on September 12, 2009

We had a fabulous time and we loved Boston.  It is a really beautiful city.  Which is a good thing, because our issues with our hotel reservation seriously threatened to ruin our trip.

The first night, we had a delicious dinner at a restaurant overlooking the harbor.

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Then we walked along the harbor until we were all tired and ready to sleep.  We got some beautiful pictures of the sun seat and full moon.

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I should also mention that we discovered the night before that we had forgotten to bring our stroller with us.  Oops.

We headed out to the Boston Children’s Museum.  It was cute, and fun.  We’ve been to better children’s museums, but Chloe still seemed to enjoy it, although, she was a bit cranky.  I suspect she didn’t sleep well because we could hear the elevator dinging all night from our hotel room.  We had a delicious (and expensive) lunch at the Barking Crab, then played some more at the museum.

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Around two we started our long walk along the Freedom Trail.  Chloe was a trooper, and either walked or rode up on Daddy’s shoulders, but what she didn’t do is nap.

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Our last stop was the Cheers bar from the TV show.  Our intention was to only take pictures, but Chloe decided she wanted to eat there.  John and I were like, “Awww shucks, do we have to?”  Just kidding.

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Chloe fell asleep on Daddy’s shoulder on the walk back to the car.  John and I decided to make a pit stop at a Target we saw near our hotel and we picked up a cheap stroller for the next day.

This night we were woken up at about 1:30 or 2:00am by some very loud, obnoxious hotel guests.  They continued talking, laughing, and annoying the piss out of us for almost two hours.  I stuck my head out of the room to yell at them, but I couldn’t even see anybody in the hallways, and I didn’t know what room they were in.

The next morning, John had it out with hotel management and we were given free parking and vouchers for a free breakfast.  “Cause, yeah, those weren’t included in the cost of the hotel.

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Mountains Majesty

Posted on September 2, 2009

Colorado is pretty.  Nuff said.

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Ocean Grove Beach

Posted on August 18, 2009

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Beach Action Shots.

When we participated in the kazoo band on the 4th of July, they gave Ellen some free passes for the Ocean Grove Beach (we would have gotten some as well, but we forgot to pick them up.)  So, off we went, with Ellen and her crew, to Ocean Grove Beach.

I really liked this beach, it was much cleaner than both Avon and Manasquan.  I am not sure why, but it was practically empty today, so we didn’t have to deal with a lot of beach traffic.   And we were able to find a location that was relatively close to the bathrooms (good for our newly potty trained munchkins.  Okay, Seth has been potty trained for awhile now.)

The only complaint the kids had was the waves were very mellow.  Of course, us Mommy’s were just fine with that!  There was only one mishap when Chloe and I were out in the ocean.  I misjudged the strength of a wave and it knocked me over while I was holding Chloe.  In my attempt to keep Chloe’s head above water, and try to get myself back to a standing position, I wrenched my shoulder and inhaled some sea water.  (I can actually still taste it in my mouth, I should go brush my teeth!)  Luckily, Chloe thought it was funny and it didn’t scare her at all.

She is getting a little too brave for my comfort, though.  Granted, the ocean was extremely calm today, but she wanted to go off by herself (The big kids were doing it!) and was upset that I told her I needed to keep ahold of her.  I guess in some ways I am glad she is challenging herself more.  But, that’s my baby, there is no way in HELL I am letting her go in the ocean.  Sorry, not gonna do it!

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Avon by the Sea

Posted on August 15, 2009

John, Chloe and I went to the beach today.  Its the first time we have all three gone together, and actually, its the first time John has spent any time on the beach since we moved here.  We had a blast.  Every time we go, Chloe gets a little bit braver.  This time she even let John carry her out into the deeper part of the ocean so she could practice swimming.   Although, she spent most of the day moving sand around.  She picked the sand up, and put it in a bucket in the morning.  In the afternoon, she picked the sand up and threw it back into the ocean.  I felt it was kind of poetic.

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“I am a princess, and this is my castle”

See the gallery for more pics.

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Beach

Posted on July 20, 2009

Chloe is still afraid of the water, but at least she would walk in the sand!

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Brooklyn Bridge

Posted on May 1, 2009

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