Vacation in Boston!

We decided this year to vacation from home! Tuesday was our first vacation day which turned out to be sunny and 80 in Boston! We walked the USS Constitution end of the Freedom Trail in the morning. We walked through the Constitution museum but decided museums were not for 14 month olds in strollers! We saw the Old North Church where lanterns were hung to warn the Charlestown residents that the British were coming. We were headed to Paul Revere's house only to be distracted by the lovely Italian smells coming from Hanover Street. We had a delicious lunch at a cafe there. Our first time to go to a sit down restaurant without the help of grandparents! It went fine. Both boys like Italian food so they helped us eat our lunch...ravioli and gnocchi with sausage. We decided to head back to our car to get to our 3 PM duck tour reservations. The duck tour is an amphibious vehicle that gives a guided tour to Boston. It winds around Boston and the Charles River pointing out the sites and monuments in the city. Very cool. Both boys ended up sleeping for the second half of it which ended my horrible anxiety that they were going to leap out the open sides into the river. I really had to concentrate on putting those thoughts out of my mind and loosing my grip on Thomas. A new feeling for me. After the tour we headed home to a pizza dinner and then a quick visit from our sister ministers. They were in Hudson for another appointment so they stopped over in the evening. What a day! There are so many other things to do in our area, I'm looking forward to our next vacation day.I must admit though, both boys still seem to be recovering from it. The boys didn't do much walking, but all the new sights, sounds and fresh air tired them out.

Other news:

Nathan weaned himself starting on Saturday. He was nursing in the morning and in the evening, he was shaking his head no and turning around. This is fine with me...a little strange but really a good thing that it happened on his terms. Thomas continues to happily nurse away.

Nathan is walking sideways and backwards. Something he thinks is really cool!

Love,