12 March Dedham and Aquarium

The owners of the AirBnb told us that the grocery store was 25 minutes walk away, failing to tell us about the America's Food Basket only 10 minutes from our place. We were amazed by the interesting product line. Look at all these cans (different brands) of coconut milk! Large quantities of every kind of bean you could need Various roots... The store was for the local Puerto Rican market And maybe for Africans, too
Not likely to find this in Kroger's Puerto Rican dairy products Back at the AirBnb, coloring and word searches were underway Then it was time to try on their snow suits and go outside Kind of stunned by looking at their young cousin
Maybe it's time to play Auntie Nikki and Cousin August were visiting! August has been wearing his snow suit for months The backyard was very big and its play equipment was one of the reasons we chose this place August likes slides IMG 6511
IMG 6512 Val's turn August and Val Time to scratch our names on the concrete Meanwhile, Gampa and Liam are counting the steps around the yard
Gymnastics rule number one: before you do your stunt, you get the judge's attention Ok. Ready? Swing set Liam enjoying himself With August behind him
IMG 6531 Vivianne comes outside Getting ready for blast-off IMG 6543 At this point, the weather was turning. It was spitting sleet and cold
But the young ones didn't care We decided to take the play to the sliding glass door where Val and Liam were inside while August stayed suited up outside Sharing toys All our grandchildren together! Three grandchildren
August checking out Liam's stuffies One by one Liam sharing his car collection Now what? Time for August to go home and the Legos to come out
What a cool truck Liam made! Val's working on a small world In the afternoon we went to the Boston Aquarium Many amazing tanks full of interesting life forms IMG 4936
Sea anemones Like another world, which it is Bright! Beautiful! Reminds us of St John
IMG 4940 IMG 4941 The kids were fascinated Outside, it was still New England weather in downtown Boston Driving back to Dedham
Val absolutely loved this kit she chose in the Aquarium gift shop. She made pets from Filo dough and set them up in a camper van made of the packaging Salmon and broccoli roasted with garlic - a favorite which all the adults can get on board with Hmmm-Liam's not looking too happy Doesn't want to be seen but the rest of us are hungry He comes around
Val's very cute project IMG 4949 Complete grooming and training center Selfie