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the first touristy-thing we did in massachusetts was take a “duck” tour.

what is a “duck tour?”

well… you board a W.W.II style amphibious landing vehicle that travels on land and water, and you tour downtown boston –

including the charles river.

you cruise by all the places that make boston the birthplaces of the american revolution and a city of firsts. from the golden domed state house to the boston common, the historic north end to {my favorite} newberry street, quincy market to the prudential tower,

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a little taste of our july in boston:

boston is dotted with spray parks all over the city.

best part: they’re free!

…while kj was in baseball camp,
we would pick him up at 3pm and head to a spray park –
it was a great way to cool off after hours of playing baseball!

my little sun bugs!

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kj was here in boston about five days, and he was off to red sox baseball camp. one week, 9-3 each day!

{big papi had him signed up long before we came…}

we attended a brief orientation on the sunday before he started – he met some of the coaches/camp assistants, and was given his uniform.

he was so thrilled to get his uniform, he got in our SUV, and in the backseat he changed his clothes to put it on before we pulled out of the parking lot!

so, in the picture above, i had him get back out of the car &

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lately, i have been forgoing the gym and the laundry and the upstairs bathroom that despertly needs to be cleaned and instead trying to get caught up on blogging, enjoying friends who came to visit, and trying to adapt to our new back-to-school-schedule.

i wake-up and put on my work-out clothes, i wear them all day while enjoying all that is new around us…

and then, i take them off and go to bed. did you catch that detail: i never worked out.

so.

i have a new challenge for myself, and for anyone who would like to join me.

i am going to get in great shape, in the next six weeks.

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while living in a hotel, and we didn’t even have a fridge in our room, we managed to try as many restaurants in this area as possible. which, was fun. and most of the time, delicious! only a few places were not-so-great and didn’t make our list!

* nick’s pizza is right down the street from our house – their cheese pizza {thin crust} is uh-mazing. the kids love it & we can get a large cheese pizza delivered to our front door for $9, for a city – i think that is a pretty great deal!

* johnny’s luncheonette is in newton, and it’s a total tourist stop.

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home sweet home – boston edition.

the “third is a charm” home we applied for & are living in…is a big old updated colonial home built in 1861, we actually have a plaque by the front door honoring the home from our town. do the math: it is 150 years old this year!

the home is full of natural light, three-and-a-half baths, eight – yes – count ’em – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 BEDROOMS, lots of parking space, the most darling-ever tree swing in our front yard. and in our price range…which is the best part. although technically i think the best part is that it is right next to the best park in town which also boasts the most amazing playground i’ve ever seen.

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quack quack

spray parks

Boston Red Sox baseball camp

our gym… and a challenge.

our top ten new-to-us restaurants:

painted ladies*