Tea the 4th grader decked out in her new clothes with a back pack full of supplies.
Trace in his new clothes with a full back pack- don't worry grandparents, his shoes laces are suppose to look like that.
We are waiting for the bus
Trace is SO excited to ride.
Bye bye!
Last saturday we went to the beach.
And looking for crabs and shells
We went to Schartners Farm and picked blueberries.
We had to get Dels just about every where we went.
We mad tin candle sconces.
We pumped and drank water from an old water pump!
We went to the hot air balloon festival at URI.
And again we ate Dels
Went shopping at Olde Mystic Village in Mystic, CT.
Saw a blue lobster at save the bay education center in Newport, RI.
Touched some spider crabs and hermit crabs in the touch tank.
Spent a day with Quinn, my cousin. She is only 3 weeks younger than me!
I got to see my friend Ariana.
Me, dad and papa went to MA to the hall of fame. 
Then we went to a Red sox game! it was my first. I sat in the red seat!
We went to the science and history museum again.
Tried to put together a dinosaur puzzle
Then we had lunch outside under some mesquite trees.
Francis and I boogie boarded.
Another portugese man o war
Constance and Trace looked for clams and crabs
We made it to the zoo! It was our first zoo trip since visiting the Norfolk Zoo in October 2007. Our friends Reagan and Hunter joined us.
Trace examined the map to decide where we should go. Hunter tried to steer him away from smelly places.
I posed with a giant Komodo Dragon.
We scoped out the bears.
Pretended we were insects
Alligators
Hippo butts
some wierd animal from Asia or Africa...or somewhere
a wild dog...who was yawning
Elephants
