I think the first think I missed was Hurricane Irene. This was my very first hurricane and I must say I was pretty underwhelmed, after all the hype leading up to it, what we got was a few hard gusts of winds and not much else. Having said that however, she did do quite a bit of damage. Most exciting for us was the tree across the road that fell right onto the power line, lost of sparks and smoke generated and of course that meant no electricity of us - for 4 days..........OK not fun. Thanksfully we were pretty lucky in that we still had water and the weather was still warm so really all we lost was a little bit of food in the fridge.
A couple of days after Irene passed Margo and David arrived. Thankfully they wern't anywhere near as destructive.....(sorry bad joke but I couldn't help myself). I do believe that they enjoyed themselves, I know we did. Margot treated up to a lobster dinner twice which Lexie and Josh had a lot of fun with, they really didin't like the lobsters live but once they were cooked they were great toys.
We also enjoyed some apple picking.
and playing the fart game on David's IPad. (kept them entertained for hours)
To keep the kids busy once Margo and David left we headed out to "The Big E" Massachusetts' version of the royal easter show.
Lexie loves the midway side of the show, the rides and the games best of all. This year she won herself a little puppy (since named Jingle) by picking up ducks, whilst Josh got a stuffed Monkey. We also got to see a sheep shearing exhibit which they both loved. Josh proved to be a scaredy cat when he freaked out on the ferris wheel.
But he loved the train and helicopter ride and the car ride was a big hit.
Here's Lexie and Daddy on the big slide - Josh was asleep for this one!
On Saturday their friend Jack had a birthday party, Lex and Josh had a great time decorating pumpkins etc.
Then it was Grandma and Grandpas turn to visit.
