Minuteman trail, concord, sleepy hollow cemetary

The NFS maintains a visitors center where they show a video that describes the events of April 1775. The "minuteman trail" extends, I believe, about 15 miles or so.

After, we went to the North Bridge in Concord where the "shot heard 'round the world" and the first British casualties happened.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetary is also in Concord.


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Here lies One Way Do Not Enter.

Ba da ching.

train vid

Braeden wants Johnny to see his favorite train video.

05/26/2008 (Memorial Day)

Went to Rockport Town, a small town in northern mass and then went to the beach.


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Dad: "What did we do at the beach?"
Braeden: "Um... in the water, we went splash splash.. all the way home. In water, we splashed splashed into the sea, saw boats..boats...boats...boats....boats...boats...... everywhere.

Boats...boats... everywhere. A lot of seashells, a lot of lobsters, the bapsters, the grapsters, the mabpsters, and the cracksters.

dad: "Emmy, what did you like about the beach?"

Emery: "Da water!" "Cold. U cheech." (??) "yea"

05/24/2008, New England Aquarium, Boston Commons park, the subway.

Today we got lost trying to find our way from the Boston Commons area to the aquarium. Eventually we made it to the zoo that was the aquarium (tons of people). Afterwards, we took the subway back to the park even though it was only about a mile walk. Braeden was amped to take the subway after we told him all about it. The subway in Boston is different from New York, but just about as dumpy. Boston Commons is a very cool park with a wading pool called the "frog pond" where the kids can go play in the summer. I believe they turn it into an ice skating rink the the winter. Carissa's favorite part of the park was the squirrels that begged for food.
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05/28/2008, Trip to Walden Pond

Carissa and the kids went to Walden Pond today.

Walden Pond Wiki entry

Walden Pond is the home of Henry David Thoreau. Braeden, Emery, and I enjoyed the beautiful historic scenery. Braeden and Emery loved to splash in the water and dig in the sand with their shovels. Both became more and more daring with the water and got their clothes soaked. We are excited to return and hike around the lake. This time I will be more prepared with a change of clothes and swim wear. Braeden was the most excited when we heard a loud noise in the distance, I thought it was a plane. We were astonished when in the distance, behind the trees we saw a communter train. Braeden hopes to ride on that train soon.


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05/23/08

Turkeys show up all over the place here.

05/18/2008

We went to Salem and Marblehead today.



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05/27/2008

05/17/2008
We went to Great Brook Farm state park today.


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Braeden: "And we got ice cream, and we went to the animals. And pet, and ate ice cream."
Dad: "What did you see at the park?"
Braeden: "It's a farm. And clouds"
Dad: "Did you see tadpoles?"
Braeden: "Yea, tadpoles. And we saw geese with babies. "
Emery: "Uhhh babies"

Braeden catching tadpoles

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