Over Memorial Day Weekend, Grammie and Papa Malenfant come to visit us every year, and the boys get so excited! Nathan started to full-on countdown a few weeks ago. They arrived late Wednesday night, and two very excited boys woke up Thursday morning to Grammie and Papa. They came bearing some special gifts...
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| Grammie made Alex his very own alphabet scrapbook. |
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| Alex and Grammie reading, |
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| Nathan reading "Cat in the Hat" with his new Cat in the Hat doll. |
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| Alex reading all about Balloon Fiesta with Papa. |
It rained the first few days of the visit, so we took advantage to do some special sight seeing.
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| Grammie and Papa rented a minivan so that we could all travel in style together! |
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| Alex loved the "white car". |
Our first road trip was to Portsmouth to visit the USS Albacore, the "submarine in a ditch." Then we had a very tasty lunch at the Friendly Toast, drove the kids around to nap for a little while and then to the Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover.
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| The USS Albacore |
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| The boys checking out the sleeping quarters. |
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| Alex was not a fan when we first got on the sub. |
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| But once he saw the bathroom, he was fascinated. |
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| Nathan never warmed up to the sub, and was wisked through. |
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| Driving the sub! |
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| Buttons! |
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| Alex reluctantly leaving the sub (he went through it two more times!), Nathan breathing a sigh of relief. |
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| Alex taking advantage to climb, anything. |
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| Lunch at the Friendly Toast. |
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| Enjoying lunch. |
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| Handsome husband enjoying his mac n cheese. |
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| Nathan in his "jumping" phase through the streets of Portmouth :) |
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| Getting Daddy to jump too. |
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| The musical wall at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire. |
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| Alex laughing at the roller coaster. |
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| Cool fish-eye mirror. |
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| Walking up and down the ramp. |
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| Alex checking out the archeology area. |
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| Alex driving the sub. |
After a big day in Portsmouth, the next day was a little quieter at home.
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| We read lots of books. |
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| More books! |
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| And jumped around! |
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| Ate some good food. |
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| And laughed. |
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| Showed Grammie and Papa how the boys ride their bikes in sunshine and rain. |
The next day we were up for some travels again, so we headed towards Boston to the Waterworks Museum (shocking that it was my first trip there!), with a stop in Harvard Square at the Curious George Store.
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| Walking through Harvard Square. |
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| Curious George! |
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| Grammie reading to the boys in the reading nook. |
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| At the Waterworks Museum. |
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| Checking out the old steam pumps. |
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| Learning all about bringing drinking water to Boston! |
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| Alex, climbing, again. |
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| Nathan looking at everything from above. |
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| Visited our old haunt the Publick House for some tasty food and to watch the C line ride by. |
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| Alex enjoying the ketchup, er, hot dog. |
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| Some tired boys. |
The rain finally broke Sunday afternoon, and we spent as much time outside as possible. Papa had bought a balloon rocket, and Nathan couldn't get enough.
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| Figuring out how the pump works. |
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| Helping Papa. |
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| Watching it take off! |
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| Alex wasn't a fan of the rocket, so he spent his time on the slide. |
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| Grammie bought the boys cake pops at the our local bakery, Nathan trying it out. |
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| Mmmm, cake pops! |
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| Nathan sharing with Grammie. |
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| Papa and Alex playing with the gear toy. |
Nathan and Alex were happy to show Grammie and Papa their favorite playground in the sunny weather on Monday. And finally eat outside!
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| Red swing! |
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| Alex jumping off the tunnel slide. |
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| Running across the shaking balance beam. |
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| Grammie watching the boys on the spiral slide. |
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| More jumping! |
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| Alex wanting to do whatever Nathan does... |
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| Enjoying corn on the cob! |
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| Ahh, finally like summer. |
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| Saying good bye to Grammie and Papa. |
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| Nathan being the perfect gentleman and helping with the bags. |
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| One final kiss goodbye. Until the Balloon Fiesta in October!! |
