Topsfield, Mass – The grandparents came to visit! We celebrated this somewhat rare occurrence by meeting our cousins at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. We had been to this Mass Audubon property years ago (nine years ago!) for maple sugar…
Smolak Farms
Andover, Massachusetts – It’s fall in New England, which means it’s time to go apple picking. For various reasons, we skipped our annual trip to Honey Pot Hill (which you can read about here, here and here) and opted to…
Last Weekend of Summer
Gloucester, Massachusetts – We are ending our summer the same way we started. We are back at Wingaersheek Beach for the last weekend of summer! Last beach day of the year!
Baseball Fever
Boston, Mass – Baseball is back! After something of a non-year in 2020 (Covid, of course), the Red Sox are back in action with in-person spectators. AND the same is true for Somerville Little League! No wonder we have baseball…
Summer Vacation
Gloucester, Mass – (Cue Alice Cooper.) School’s out for summer! School’s out for-ever! Time for our annual first-day-of-summer-vacation trip to Wingaersheek Beach. Best way to kick off summer vacation! There’s a few things you can say for certain about going…
Minute Man Bikeway
Arlington, Mass – As I mentioned in my previous post, we are opting out of MCAS so we can spend our time on more useful endeavors. Like going for bike rides, for example. With all of our pandemic biking, we…
Basquiat at the MFA
Boston, Mass – The twins will have a total of 30-something days of in-school school this year. And they are going to spend three of those days taking standardized tests. Really? (Those of us who have been overhearing 5th-grade homeschooling…
TreeTop Adventures
Canton, Mass – Here’s an advantage of having twins: two birthdays for the price of one. Since we only celebrate one birthday per year, we do our best to make it good. We have had some pretty fabulous parties over…
Borderland State Park
North Easton, Mass – The snow has all melted. Spring has sprung. Ski season is officially over, but we’re still hankering for a pandemic field trip (especially during April vacation week). Fortunately, some friends invited us to go hiking at…
Where to Stay in Boston and Portland
Boston, Mass – I did a travel writing thing! For the first time in more than a year! It’s not the most exciting topic in the world – where to stay in Boston, Mass, and Portland, Maine – but still……