To Boston, to Boston...

So summer vacation has begun! My school let out a full week before Eric's, so the boys and I decided to take a road trip to Grammy Renee's for Memorial Day weekend. The weather was sunny, the family time was lovely. The boys got to play with a marble chute set that used to be my brother's--great fun to build and to watch. The red-throated hummingbirds were at the feeders. Grammy and Papa read oodles of books to the boys and bought them new jammies. They were supermen. with capes. Greggie helped assemble Lego creations. Great-Grandma and pa Kop dished out their own thawed and sugared blueberries, which the boys devoured in seconds. Great-Grammy O. had everyone over for a barbecue. Aunt Marlene doled out goody bags and called out the numbers for BINGO with Auden. Nick and Laura showed their competitive nature. Uncle Rod teased. Tyler showed off his mad poi skills.

When we returned, Eric had brought home a turtle and bull frog to live in our pond. Both have taken their own road trips by now. He had also been hard at work building some cabinets in our kitchen...He's a Gemini; that's all I can say about that.

So now, we're gearing up for our summer trips, starting on projects we've put off during the school year. I've been doing some research on our destinations: Boston, Concord, Amherst, Salem. We also need to reassemble our basement, which is still a partially carpeted disaster after the 48-hour rainfall we had last month. And the boys' room will be repainted soon...once we've decided on a color. What do you choose when you're splitting the room--one side Batman; one side Spiderman?

Today we went to Hadley's graduation party. The boys had a blast with the trucks Karen picked up for them, and they had a blast with Hadley, Paul, and Paul's girlfriend. We reminisced about how the family has changed. It was years ago at Christmas when the now-graduates and college students performed a play they had written themselves, as well as some musical numbers. I suppose our boys will have to carry the torch :)

Tomorrow, what will it be? The zoo? We shall see!

Funny story: Logan weighed himself at Grammy O's.
"Mom, what's 4 and 0?"
"That's forty," I replied.
"I wonder what my belly weighs...What's 2 and 0?" (I'm not sure how accurate Grammy's scale actually is.)
"Well, 4 and 0 is forty, so what could 2 and 0 be?"
"Hmm, that must be twoty."
Hahahaha.