Keevah Nyx: A very belated Halloween

 Well, Mama has been extremely busy recently, and so she hasn't had time to scribe for me in the past few months.  But, we are going to do our best to catch up...starting WAY back at Halloween.

If you'll remember, we spent the first part of October in Boston and returned to enjoy my second-favorite holiday.  We picked out the best pumpkins and did some awesome carving.  In keeping with our goal to do a fun family costume, this year we were all Alice in Wonderland characters.  Chaos & Spirit got included as Absolem the caterpillar and the White Rabbit.  And even Gee & Grandpa were good sports as Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum.  

our annual visit to Stanley Lane Pumpkin Patch

carving party

Dragon! 

Dada's math pumpkin

A lovely sunset on the deck

Declan, Tai & Haines at Six Flags fright fest

missing my two front teeth

Super Doctor Mama - her outfit for work

Declan (Mad hatter) & Haines (Eddie from Stranger Things)

Alice in Wonderland

Mama & baby dragon

The annual ofrenda

Spirit is a good sport

I'm still enjoying my horseback riding and getting better & better! 

I'm still loving my new school, St. Johns Lutheran, and didn't have any difficulty making new friends.  My reading is getting better and better, also thanks to my Gran reading twice a week where I get to read books with Gran over FaceTime.  I'm still doing my TaeKwonDo three days a week also! Stay tuned next month for updates! 

Declan Hercules: Boston Baby!!!

 We just had an amazing week in Boston!  Mama and Dada lived here for 7 years before we were born, but this was our first time there.  We had such a fun time!  We spent the first few days staying with Dr. Beth & Mr. Mike, Mama's friends from residency.  We did the Freedom Trail with their family and had a great time learning about the beginnings of America!  There are SO MANY cemeteries in Boston! But there are so many cool people buried there!  So many Founding Fathers, signers of our Constitution!  Mama and Dada took us on walks along the Charles River, along the route that they walked daily to work.  Though the river was lovely, and the old buildings were super cool, FELIPES was AMAZING!   They ate at Felipes every weekend, and keep talking about it.  And they are actually right -that place is delicious!  I also ate my way through some lobster rolls, and we all enjoyed the pasta & pizza of the North End.  We loved the Boston Common - and showed Mama & Dada that there are more child-friendly parks in Boston than they every realized!  We did Ghost Tours and Duck Boat tours too!  How cool is it that our tour vehicle turned into a boat!!! Both Keevah & I even got to take turns driving it!  We spent a whole afternoon at the Science museum and another afternoon at the Harvard Natural Science museum enjoying the glass flowers, minerals, and taxidermy collection (sounds weird but it was so so cool).   Most evenings were enjoyed with a variety of friends from Grad School & Residency, and also with some folks that are affiliated with Dada's current company, Kobold Metals.  Dada gave a super cool talk at Harvard - it was awesome to see him in action at his Alma Mater.  He took us on a walk around Harvard, and I think I may want to go to college in Boston some day!  Though we both loved Boston, I particularly bonded with the city and was super sad to leave.  

But - we missed our menagerie - and 12 new baby chicks arrived the day after we got home. The pumpkin patch was also calling our name.  

The Freedom Trail

Four signers of the Constitution are buried here 

Paul Revere's house

Revere Statue and Old North Church

The Donkey statue - with Ellie & Zack

Oldest Pub in the US

Old North Church

Our home 202 River Street, Cambridge, MA - in 2005 and 2022

Longfellow Bridge

Walks along the Charles River

Duck Boat Tour

Ghost Tours!

Boston Public Garden

The duckling statues

Boston Public Garden

The guns of Ticonderoga in Cambridge Common

The leaves were just starting to change

Enjoying Harvard

John Harvard Statue

Lobster Roll

Felipes!

Glass flower exhibit at Harvard Natural History Museum

Which one is Mama?  

These little ladies arrived as soon as we got back to Napa

Mama is babying the three speckled sussex

Is there room for more?  Chickens, Rabbits, and dogs in the bed!