First stop with the cousins...swimming...playing legos...and eating a lot of dunkin donuts munchkins.
Next stop...a trip to Mystic with Gram on her 89th birthday. There was a lot of silliness going on with Savannah and Elizabeth in the back of the car.
We can't go to Mystic without stopping at the Swedish shop. We know we found it when we see the ducks outside!
And...the giant Swedish Dala horse inside.
This year... everyone got viking hats :-)
We tried to take breaks for Gram, so we made everyone pause for pics now and then, but it turns out...we were driving Gram crazy because we were going TOO slow for her. We need to speed it up, apparently!
Next up, it was out to lunch for lobster rolls. And, since it was still early, we decided to swing through downtown Mystic to see the old bascule bridge. I left the kids with Kristine and went to hang over the bridge to look at the time schedule -- which is only displayed to boaters and is verrry difficul for pedestrians to see! Turns out..we were just in time!
We got there JUST in time for the bridge to go up. It never gets old watching these huge weights come down. The kids thought it was super cool.
It ends up almost completely vertical, and then we get to watch the tall ships race through before it closes!
And as luck would have it...there is an ice cream shop right on the bridge. So...we had to stop there for a sweet treat!
The next day...it was another set of cousins...Matthew & Ryan...and bowling!
