Our last days in Boston

We had some nice days while Bob's parents were still in town that we took advantage of. We went out to Concord and Lexington, and of all the times I have been there this time was the most exciting. They had soldiers in old school garb that went on the bridge and shot off some guns. Ezra was totally scared of the loud noise, but was more than happy to run around the rest of the time. He also enjoyed throwing rock off the bridge.

After Bob's parents left we headed to the Zoo for one last day of fun with the Van Dusens. As usual it wasn't too exciting, but I think that I saw more animals this time than I have ever seen at that zoo. We also started a free roaming peacock enough that he showed us his big beautiful tail. It was the first time I have even seen one do that in real life.

By the time Brandon and Dayna came to town it was considerably hotter. We were down to one little air conditioner and they arrived right in the middle of our yard sale, so it made for a bad (but realistic) first impression of living in Boston. We made up for it that night by going to Kimball Farms for some dinner, mini-golf, and of course their fantastic ice cream. We really owe Justin for all his help with the yard sale and for driving us around that weekend. Thanks!
We also went on a duck tour, did the freedom trail, and lots of packing and sweating. We did throw our mattress off the back porch (well we let it down with ropes) and the movers have no idea how lucky they are that we did. It was a hot and busy few days, but by the end we were ready for our long road trip. We put my parents and Ezra on a plane and headed out the next morning on our adventure.

 At one point in our packing Ezra found some sunscreen and applied it to himself.

 We let Ezra sit in this seat up front while we waited for our driver as long as he didn't touch anything.

I signed "no" to him as he reached for something and this is him signing "no" back at me.

 Not that you could tell from this picture, but they let Ezra drive the duck boat

while we were out on the river. He got two turns and LOVED it.

I didn't feel like making the trek to the USS Constitution so we stayed and hung out by

this fountain while we waited for my Dad and Brandon to get back.