Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Cape, Part 2

-Alex showing off Grandma braids.
-Justin and Bradley and the big apple (from Michigan, of course).








-Bradley in the fall.
-Since the older ones are at school, we took day trips with the younger two...Bradley at the Sandwich Fish Hatchery (notice the trout behind him).
-We got to feed the fish and they came jumping up to eat.
-Sandwich is a nice truly quaint town...the old grist mill here.









-We went to Hyannisport and saw the more leisurely life of JFK and the Kennedys.
-We also made it to Orchard House in Concord, where the Alcotts lived.







-The father's school of philosophy in back.








-And the Wayside where they lived previously, along with Nathaniel Hawthore among others.

-Just is now in Cub Scouts.













-And he and his dad had a long discussion about how to salute properly.
-The last day (Halloween) we went to the very appropriate Edward Gorey Museum. Bradley liked the gigantic cat. Apparently Edward liked animals, especially cats, but also let raccoons live in his attic.
-G is for George...hmmm, how tragic.
-Grandma and Mackenzie standing in front of some of the original sets from PBS' Mystery.
-He loved yellow and used to wear fur coats (before the love of alive animals came out).
-For Halloween they had many of the Gashlycrumb Tinies book's names outside, just underneath the biggest magnolia tree on the cape. Probably in New England.


-Then Halloween...




-Justin and Alex working hard on the big pumpkin...and we toasted the seeds after.

-Then the dressing up started, Alex as a bride and Bradley as Lightning McQueen from Cars.












-Mackenzie as a pumpkin, chubby cheeks and all.
-Justin as a World War I bomber pilot.
















-All four of them together before the big night.
-I love this picture! Confusion, excitement all wrapped up in one.
-The oldest and the youngest (they also look a lot alike).
-The happy baby.
-And just before we left, one last picture.
-And just the kids.
-One last dance recital of the dancing queen!
-Heading across the Bourne Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal - 1933-1935.
-Stopped at Saratoga NHP, where the tide of the Revolutionary War started to change.
-And our last part in Canada over the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron/Sarnia.

1 comment:

Liz said...

Your mom looks so happy!

I can't wait to see ALL your photos tomorrow!