Grady's Grand New England Adventure

At the beginning of July Grady took a trip up North to Massachusetts to visit with Nana, Papa, Grampy Bruce, Yummy Pat, Grammy Nancy, and other family members. While there he did lots of fun things and saw many New England hot spots. Of course I was not there for most of the trip (I did go to pick him up and bring him home) so I don't know all of the details, but the pictures should do a pretty good job of telling the story.

Nana brought Grady to a cool butterfly pavilion, in NH, I think. We went once several years ago, and it is really worth the trip!





Apparently this little girl was nervous about the butterflies, and Grady was encouraging her to check them out and being very sweet!



Riding around in classic cars with Grampy







Grady also did quite a bit of swimming at Grampy's pool. Here he is, getting a lesson in the backstroke :)




Down the slide!



The next day he went to the Science Center with his cousins, Mia and Mikayla







Grady took showers like a big man while he was there. I guess this is his "big man" face.




Making Pasta with Papa




More swimming, with Papa





Grady went to Boston with Nana and Yummy Pat. Here he is with the "Make Way for Ducklings" ducks





Taking pictures of some real ducks



At the swan boats



Paul Revere's grave



Concerned about the grave of some babies, in the historic graveyard



In the church where Mama and Dada were married about 10 years before!




The next day Nana and Papa took him to Watch Hill, RI, their favorite beach!

On their way!













I flew in that afternoon, and we had a nice pasta dinner with the pasta Grady had made (with a little help from Papa) :)

The next day I was headed to my cousin's wedding in NH, but first we had a little birthday party for Grammy Nancy.

Here is Grady with his cousins again




That evening, while I went off to the wedding, Nana and Papa took Grady to The Wayside Inn (where they were married!) for dinner. They got dressed up nice...











The next morning Grady went on a mile (plus some!) run with Papa!



I came back that morning and it was sadly time to fly home. But not before he visited with his bug friends. Grady was delighted that the ants there do not bite!



Thanks for all the fun times, Nana and Papa! Grady had a blast!