We did so much on mom's visit!! It started out with a day at MIT and then Rachel's first violin concert. Rachel's group played three songs: Hot Cross Buns, Juba, and Mary Had a Little Lamb. And they were all recognizable!! The concert started with the beginners and went all the way through to the high school string orchestra - which was very good!
On Tuesday, Mom ate lunch with Rachel and we had some snow.
Wednesday was taken up with shopping and errands to get ready for Thanksgiving. The kids and I also took mom out to Concord to see the Old North Bridge and the Minuteman Statue.
Thursday was a very nice day! We got up and watched the Macy's Day Parade and got busy in the kitchen. We had 7 adults and 8 children for Thanksgiving Dinner. We invited two families from Korea to join us. They had never had a traditional Thanksgiving before. I told them that we were having a traditional southern Thanksgiving meal. We served turkey, mom's dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, tossed salad, rolls, and sweet tea. I also had hot dogs for the kids. The turkey and mashed potatoes were the biggest crowd pleasers - even with the kids! After lunch, we decided to take our traditional after turkey walk. We walked up to the playground at Chenery and let the kids run and play. The kids and dads even got into an impromptu game of soccer. We came back to the house and had dessert: pumpkin pie, pecan pie, chocolate chip cookies, and pumpkin cake. It was lots of fun to share our traditions with new folks and see them through new eyes. My favorite part of the day came when our guests were leaving. I asked if they wanted some turkey to take home with them, and the 6-year-old son of one of the families gave a resounding "yes!" It made me feel good!
That evening, we went to the movies to see Enchanted, which we all really enjoyed. So we ate popcorn for dinner.
On Saturday, we took the commuter rail in to Boston - to the North End to eat at Boston's oldest pizzaria - Pizzaria Regina's. Then we went to see the First Church of Christ, Scientist - not to be confused with scientology which is completely different. The church is huge and beautiful! We also visited the Maparium in the Mary Baker Edy library. The Maparium is a huge stained glass globe that you go inside to look at and see a multi-media presentation. The acoustics inside are neat too, because you're inside a huge glass ball and the sound carries around the curves.
On Tuesday, Mom ate lunch with Rachel and we had some snow.
Wednesday was taken up with shopping and errands to get ready for Thanksgiving. The kids and I also took mom out to Concord to see the Old North Bridge and the Minuteman Statue.
Thursday was a very nice day! We got up and watched the Macy's Day Parade and got busy in the kitchen. We had 7 adults and 8 children for Thanksgiving Dinner. We invited two families from Korea to join us. They had never had a traditional Thanksgiving before. I told them that we were having a traditional southern Thanksgiving meal. We served turkey, mom's dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, tossed salad, rolls, and sweet tea. I also had hot dogs for the kids. The turkey and mashed potatoes were the biggest crowd pleasers - even with the kids! After lunch, we decided to take our traditional after turkey walk. We walked up to the playground at Chenery and let the kids run and play. The kids and dads even got into an impromptu game of soccer. We came back to the house and had dessert: pumpkin pie, pecan pie, chocolate chip cookies, and pumpkin cake. It was lots of fun to share our traditions with new folks and see them through new eyes. My favorite part of the day came when our guests were leaving. I asked if they wanted some turkey to take home with them, and the 6-year-old son of one of the families gave a resounding "yes!" It made me feel good!
That evening, we went to the movies to see Enchanted, which we all really enjoyed. So we ate popcorn for dinner.
On Saturday, we took the commuter rail in to Boston - to the North End to eat at Boston's oldest pizzaria - Pizzaria Regina's. Then we went to see the First Church of Christ, Scientist - not to be confused with scientology which is completely different. The church is huge and beautiful! We also visited the Maparium in the Mary Baker Edy library. The Maparium is a huge stained glass globe that you go inside to look at and see a multi-media presentation. The acoustics inside are neat too, because you're inside a huge glass ball and the sound carries around the curves. After the Maparuim, mom and I split off from Tim and the kids to go to the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum. It is an amazing art museum full of items collected by Isabella Gardner. It's the museum that had the robbery and had many famous paintings - including a Vermeer - stolen. The museum has left those places blank with a notice about what piece of artwork should have been there. Very sad!
On Sunday, we ventured out to Salem. We went to the Salem Witch Museum where we learned about the history of the witch trials. We ate lunch at the Salem Beer Works, and Tim had a Blueberry microbrew (Bunker Hill Blueberry Ale)- complete with rising and falling blueberries!After Salem, we drove on out to Rockport,MA. It was a very cold day!!
We stopped in for hot chocolate after wandering down to the point. On the way home, we stopped at Jordan's furniture to see the liquid fireworks and get some ice cream.
On Tuesday, Mom, David, and I took a trolley tour of Boston. That was lots of fun! We ate lunch at Cheer's in Quincy Market. That night, we went out to Stone Zoo to see the Zoolights. It was a nice stroll through the zoo to see lots of Christmas lights, but it doesn't hold a candle to Huntsville Botanical Garden's Galaxy of Lights!!
On Wednesday, I took mom to the airport. Sniff! Sniff!! It was very sad to send her home!! The kids even commented that afternoon how they missed coming home to having Grannie there.
Jamie has begun the countdown to going home for Christmas!! It will be here sooner than we think!
We stopped in for hot chocolate after wandering down to the point. On the way home, we stopped at Jordan's furniture to see the liquid fireworks and get some ice cream.On Tuesday, Mom, David, and I took a trolley tour of Boston. That was lots of fun! We ate lunch at Cheer's in Quincy Market. That night, we went out to Stone Zoo to see the Zoolights. It was a nice stroll through the zoo to see lots of Christmas lights, but it doesn't hold a candle to Huntsville Botanical Garden's Galaxy of Lights!!
On Wednesday, I took mom to the airport. Sniff! Sniff!! It was very sad to send her home!! The kids even commented that afternoon how they missed coming home to having Grannie there.
Jamie has begun the countdown to going home for Christmas!! It will be here sooner than we think!
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