going to work

Jane and Malcolm went to work with Daddy this morning! Their favorite part was finding these sea urchin-like things that had fallen from a Sycamore tree outside.

spring at the arboretum

We hadn't been to the arboretum for a while so we were happy when our city friends wanted to meet us there.

I love how Jane's shirt and Molly's sweater match the tree they're under!

Jack was fascinated with the frisbee we brought and carried it all around.

Old Sturbridge Village

After our historical Patriot's Day adventure, it was fun to visit Old Sturbridge Village and see more old buildings and people dressed up as they did long ago.

The first place we visited was a kid's room with all different things to play with. Here's Jane hanging up the laundry:

And Malcolm sitting in the well bucket:

Here's a meeting house which used to be in the center of Sturbridge. Tyler, Nate and Lily are posing also.

Tyler, Lily and Malcolm are checking out the sheep:

Old burial ground:

The kids had fun with this game for a few minutes but then proceeded to use the sticks to dig in the dirt for quite some time!

They had a lot of fun with this cow!

There were a ton of fish in the pond.

Malcolm needed a rest in Nate's stroller after all that walking!

Patriot's Day

We rode the Patriot's Day trolley in Acton and got off at all the stops.

The kids took turns grinding dried corn off the cob. This barn reminded us of Grammy's, which was probably built around the same time.

They got to ring a huge bell at the Exchange Hall!

Then run around inside the ballroom. Jane said this was her favorite part of our outing.

bikes and flowers

This morning Jane drew train tracks to ride bikes on.

Here are a few flowers we have. I can't take credit for most of them since they were planted before we moved in.

I did plant these although I don't remember choosing them!

Boston

We went to the Public Garden yesterday. Jane was very excited about George Washington!

playdate

Everyone decided to take a rest.