Some catching up to do...part 1

We have been busy...

We went to Boston and went on a duck tour with Grammy, Grampy, Uncle Jill, Uncle Jason, and Cousin Jacob. While we were waiting, we saw:


... sea otter. Zoe was THRILLED to see this sea otter, and acted as if it were the biggest movie star. I mean, really, who WOULDN'T be thrilled to see a sea otter in front of the New England Aquarium?!?


...Zoe hammed it up for the camera.


...Jacob got absolutely hysterically crazy excited to see the horses pulling carriages. This picture doesn't show the absolute crazed toddler he became, how he nearly came out of his skin, how he really just went nutty for these horses. And, unless we were characters in Harry Potter, you won't be able to hear the *screeching* and noises coming out of his body. Oh, how I wish we'd been able to capture that. Of course, when he wouldn't get *close* to the horses, but whatever. The excitement of them from afar was more than enough for Jacob!!

From the beginning of the ride, Zoe was not so thrilled with...

Super Size, our tour guide...Sorry for only getting a pic of his foot. We were in the front row, and with the lens on my camera, I couldn't get far enough away. Let's just say, the costume matched the shoe VERY well. (side note: I met someone who actually is friends with him at a training the next day--she said he dressed like that in his band!).

We saw many sites in Boston, including:

...the Capitol building,


...a teapot that actually blows steam,


...and a piece of the Berlin Wall (no, really, it is!).

We hit the water...


and saw:

...a state penitentiary,


...a draw bridge,


...The Prudential Center,


...the salt and pepper shaker bridge (there's a more formal name, but Auntie Jill reminded me of their more 'fun' name),

and...

...Fenway Park, or at least the Citgo sign!

And, on the way out, we met a joker...


Zoe ended up having a really good time, but we weren't sure in the beginning. Now that we told her that the bus turns into a boat, whenever we talk about either a bus or a boat, she thinks that one turns into the other. :)