boston.tuesday

Rachel and Shawn have a ton of turkeys around their house...Josh would have been in hunter's heaven. They woke me up on Tuesday morning, so I had to go out and take some pictures. I even did my best turkey call at the big tom and he gobbled at me twice.

He was stalking the two hens below all morning, but they really didn't care. He tried to impress them as much as possible, though, by poofing out as big as he could.

Once we got around, we had crepes!!! Yes, Sarah, I'll post the recipe :), we headed to a coffee shop called Armeno. I bought some coffee for Josh which he loves! They roast it right there in the place. We were able to walk through and see the roasters.

Then, I saw this, and I almost didn't purchase the coffee....

Puke.

Then, we headed into Boston to go on a Duck Tour....so much fun. We got to see all kinds of great historical buildings and sites. There is so much stinkin' history in Boston. I told Josh that we HAVE to go back when the girls are older.

We saw the site where the Boston Tea Party took place as well as several other sites involving the Revolutionary War. While our Duck was in the water, we saw the island that was shown in the book Make Way for Ducklings which I've read to my kids several times. Picture below...I had to take it for the girls even though the weather was kind of dreary that day.

All of the kids on the Duck got to take a turn driving the Duck while it was in the water. Then, I got to drive the Duck as well!!! How cool is that?

Then, we took the subway to Regina's Pizza....

and had lunch with Leo....

It was great.

Then, we went to Mike's Pastries....if you ever go to Boston, you MUST go to Mike's Pastries. Seriously, this is what we bought: gelatto, strawberry cheesecake, an eclair, raspberry almond something or other, and cookies.

Thankfully, we didn't eat it all at once, but we did eat it all that day. I took one of the cookies home to the girls. It was about the size of my face.

I had to take a picture of the Black and White cookie for Josh. Seinfeld anyone?

"The key to eating a black and white cookie, Elaine, is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet, still, somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie. All our problems would be solved."
- Jerry, in "The Dinner Party"

We ended the evening with a little Biggest Loser. Fun, fun day.