Grandparents Visits

We have been blessed by seeing most of the grandparents in the past few weeks!  Grammy came through Boston due to a last minute trip to Connecticut, and Granny and Grandpa Gary were able to spend an entire week tagging along on our Boston adventures.  We are anxiously awaiting Grandpa's visit in October, and hopefully Gramps will get to return sometime soon as well!

Grammy gives Henry a "horsey ride".  Her rhyme is a family classic - this is at least the 3rd generation of use!

In addition to getting a horsey ride that day, we took a swan boat ride in Boston Public Gardens.  It was a gorgeous day!

Henry tried to swipe the camera.  He wanted to take more pictures of ducks.  We think...

Grammy's musical abilities inspire Henry as he tickles the ivories.

Next, Granny and Grandpa Gary visited!  We had tons of fun exploring the city and otherwise enjoying ourselves.

We packed a picnic (there is a theme with picnic packing in this blog!) and headed to Amherst.  Yes, discing was involved.  As was Emily Dickinson.  A perfect match.

Here we are exiting the Emily Dickinson tour.  For an hour and forty-five minutes we heard about the life and times of the famous poetess.  Grandpa Gary, meanwhile, wrangled a sleep-deprived Henry.  I don't know who was in more agony.  Just kidding, English and poetry lovers!!

Because it was within a month of the actual date, we decided to celebrate Auntie Kelsey's 22nd birthday with a Petsi Pie!  Yummmmmmmm!

Henry is anxiously awaiting the next grandparent visit!  Hurry, Grandpa,  hurry!

End of Summer Fun

It's hard to believe that this summer is drawing to a close.  Before it does though, we decided to squeeze in a few last adventures before the leaves turn.

Auntie's first trip to Walden Pond.  Henry, like that "other" Henry from the region, has a great deal of passion about Walden's sandy banks, tree-lined shores, and pebble carpeted paths.  He also likes to eat pretzels, just like Henry David Thoreau.


Any Labor Day/End of Summer activity must involve Disc Golf in some shape or form.  This was, of course, no exception.  We all packed up and headed to Borderlands State Park for some picnic-ing, exploring, and discing.

I promise we were enjoying our lunch!  This is a very interesting moment of mastication, evidently!

Henry loves a good "grinder".  (Grinder -  informal another term for submarine sandwich .)

A boy and his lovey, alone in the wilderness.

Before it closed for the season, we decided to check out the spray park.  Henry LOVED it!  We will definitely be heading back there next year.

Because he enjoyed the spraying and splashing so much, Auntie let him experience a more Walden-esque version of the spray park in the gutter.

Henry loved all of our adventuring this summer!  Thanks for following along!

Peach Picking

Who knew that peaches grow in Massachusetts??  We picked an entire bushel of them, and though I intended to freeze most, peach cobbler, crisp, pie and of course peaches for eating consumed them all in about a week!  

Auntie and Mama took turns carrying Henry around the orchard in the backpack.

A bushel of peaches gets heavy!  But not as heavy as the Henry-man.

Henry's best friend, Anna (aka "NaNa"), examines the fruits of our labor.  

The farm has lots of fruit (we have been there to pick blueberries, peaches and raspberries) and they also have goats to pet.  Henry was very intrigued by the goats.  He especially enjoyed feeding them and feeling their tongues tickle his palm!