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Parker Week 28 – Fun at the beach

July 21, 2009
mmm... sand...

mmm... sand...

A few weeks ago we had a family trip to Wallis Sands Beach.  It was our first trip to the Ocean with the boys – Xander has been to beaches before, but never to the ocean.  The whole day was tons of fun, and even without a nap Xander did great (except for that whole taking off without telling anyone, but that is for a different post).

Parker was of course a little young to be enjoying many beach activities, though he did get to dip his toes in the Atlantic.  I was not surprised to discover that he simply stopped to watch the odd activity of the cool water washing over his legs, and his feet slowly sinking into the sand. No complaints, no giggles, just quiet contemplation.

With this warmer (and finally sunnier) weather we’ve discovered that Parker looooves to feel grass on his feet.  Sand was pretty much the same way – he was fascinated by it!  Shortly after we arrived, Zach was letting Parker check out the sand, and he had so much fun with it.  It wasn’t long before the kid face planted into the sand – but without complaint – he would have happily rolled around in the sand for a lot longer if we hadn’t insisted that we needed to clean the stuff out of his eyes and mouth…  (I also should note that I was still pulling sand out of his ears a week later…)  At least he enjoyed himself, right?

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Xander Week 94 – Apple Picking, Sort Of…

October 21, 2008
Look At Me!

Look At Me!

Two weekends ago Zach and I took Xander apple picking.  I had been thinking about this for a while, and thought it would be something fun for us to do as a family.  I haven’t been apple picking since I was a child, but I have lots of fond memories of my mother coming on class field trips with me to pick apples, and all of the yummy treats we created from said apples.

Finally near the middle of October Zach and I had a free weekend and decided to visit an orchard about an hour North of us – Windy Ridge Orchard.  Everyone told me this was “the” place to pick apples.  Their website listed some fun kid activities, and I heard rave reviews about the apple cider doughnuts.  So, we drove up.  It was just past “peak” here in NH, but the leaves were still beautiful, and the drive was fun.  We got there, and realized that this was definitely not the best kept secret in NH, as every leaf peeper in the state seemed to be there.  We soon discovered that we would not be picking any apples that day – there were no apples left to pick!  Luckily, they were still selling apples in the gift shop, so we were able to pick up some apples, apple cider and of course the famous apple cider doughnuts.

The highlight for Xander was the animals.  This particualr orchard has a few goats, pigs, sheep, and a donkey hanging out for kids to visit with.  Xander had a great time watching the animals, and of course checking out the tractors.  Although we didn’t get to pick any actual apples, it was a great family day.  Xander passed out in the car on the way home, and slept for another 3 hours after we got home, so apparently we wore him out with our little adventure!

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