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this morning, my alarm went off at 930  and instead of me waking Peyton up, Peyton woke me up! We were up and at ’em and started with breakfast at Flour.  I had an oatmeal while Peyton opted for the sandwich again.  We were trying to figure out what to do for our last day.  Peyton wanted to do the freedom trail again so we walked to Fanueil hall to start.  She had to potty, and as we did, we saw a sign for a walking tour from the national park service.  It was an hour long and free! The tour was already in progress, but the guide said we could join in.  We’d only missed the introduction.  We headed out following him and listened to the facts about stops we’d made before along the trail.  We even saw some things we missed before.  We went to the Old North Church where Paul Revere got the signal from the lanterns up high.  “one if by land, and two if by sea.”  Two lanterns were hung as the Redcoats were crossing the “sea” or the Charles River.  Within three hours, we had 7500 steps!! We passed by Paul Revere’s house again but with more information.  After our tour ended, we went to see a printer and chocolate maker.  Peyton and I sipped hot cocoa how it would have been prepared in the old days.  We then toured the church itself.  Again, she wanted to go in, so I gave a donation to get us in.  We saw the pew of Paul Revere’s family.  Then we went to the burial ground close by.  Then we walked back to Fanueil hall and took the T to the Boston public library.  I’m glad to have used the Charlie card again! And super proud of us for getting along on the T.  Public transportation was never my thing.  But it sure beat making her walk about two miles in the heat. Though it was cooler than it had been.  We headed to the children’s section of the library. They were having another educational event at 330 so we had about an hour to burn. We selected books, and she read aloud to me.  We browsed both nonfiction and fiction.  Dave met us up there after his meeting and lunch were done.  We stayed for the book reading about presidents and some of the founding fathers.  Then there was a game of presidential bingo and a craft.  Peyton didn’t want to participate at first but I knew she really wanted to. So we encouraged her. The group was very small and she was one of the older kids.  Plus, she was the only kid with two parents there!! We wrapped up there and got a bite to eat. Peyton and I chowed down on hamburgers from Shake Shack. They were yummy!! Then we canned back to the hotel and walked back to the children’s museum.  After five, it was a dollar thanks to Target.  The line wasn’t too long and after about 515 pm we got in.  Dave’s strategy was to start at the top floor, the third, and work our way down.  It worked out well for the third floor but by the time we moved to the second, we caught up with the crowd.  Dave was getting the heebie jeebies thinking about all the germs we were being exposed to being there and the library. I tried not to think about it but we did come home and scrub down before eating a late dinner.  We took a walk again after dinner before coming back to the room.  We packed up showered and got ready for our trip home!! Can’t believe it’s been over a week since we slept in our own bed.  Camping started one week ago this evening!!

 The door is missing!!  There’s a Lego thief out there!   
Old north church
  Sitting in the pew at st Stephens church. This one was free.    
  

Paul Revere’s statue in front of old north church
  Printer and chocolate maker  
  Pew in old north church.  Had to pay for the pews. Only wealthy could attend.  Cheap seats were above but still costs more than most could afford.  Pews were sold empty. Families had to furnish them.   
    
  Pew selfie   
    
#54 Paul Revere’s family pew.  

    
  Coop’s burial ground.   
    
    
holocaust memorial back in town. 

  Holocaust memorial. Numbers etched in glass.   
Children’s library at central Boston public library.  I forgot to take a picture of Peyton with Quack from make way for ducklings. He was inside the library!!

 
At the kids museum, Peyton got to try different hairstyles In a salon for African American hair.  The Jheri curl. 

  Rick James 

  Oprah Winfrey 

 Whoopie Goldberg.  

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  I’ll have to upload video.  She went across the beginner wall then the experienced wall   Great way to fire her out. 

  The maze of kids. Three stories tall. 

   Her. 

 
This is the book I realized the significance of the tortoise and the hare at the finish line of the marathon. 

  Fishing.  With real poles.  The person next to her caught a crab!!

They were doing this while I waited in line for tickets.    
 

More library pics: we found a comfy chair that fit us both.  But we struggled when Dave arrived. 
    

Presidential bingo

  At the museum.    
    
Dinner. About sums it up.  

Food was good but these two are “Salty”!

  

   
While at the library, the librarian read a book about anecdotes from the presidents.  The one she read was for Thomas Jefferson.  But as she was showing the pictures, Peyton said, “That doesn’t look like Thomas Jefferson, that looks like Andrew Jackson!”  I had to get closer (she was sitting behind me even) and then I realized she was looking at the wrong page.   But was right in what she thought she saw…

I thought it was such an astute observation, I had to take a picture for reference.  I don’t know that I would’ve been able to guess him.  She’s clearly on a presidential high with all the history being thrown at her.  She did recount some of it to Dave. She definitely listens more when she was in a comfy bus versus walking around in the heat.    

Since Dunkin donuts was closed yesterday, I told Peyton we’d head out to our destination and find a DD wherever we were.  She wanted to go to the one in the opposite direction, but we headed up to the shopping district.  We went through Chinatown and found the DD.  we stopped in, and it was most bizarre experience.  Peyton didn’t get up until after 11 though I’d set the alarm for 930.  Ridiculous!!  It was 11:45 when we were eating our breakfast.  I just needed a coffee to get started but enjoyed the donut I’d gotten. Peyton had a pink one with sprinkles.  Most everyone else was eating lunch.  We didn’t get a full selection, I’m sure.  We headed on our way and got to the shops.  I kept my eye on the time, as I had plans for the Handel and Haydn show at three back at the church. We wandered through the shopping district but Peyton kept wanting to check out the churches!! One was seven dollars for me and free for her.  I didn’t want to go in, but she did so we compromised. We went to the gift shop.  We ended up at the end of the Boston  Marathon. Actually, I didn’t know it was the end at first. Peyton wanted to take a picture with the bronze turtle.  And the the bronze rabbit. It was only later when I saw a flyer on famous sites with the two in the same picture that I thought, “Oh! Got it! The tortoise and the hare.”  Peyton said she knew the hare was  sleeping!! We went shopping then i offered her lunch.  We stopped in the Shake Shack, which is last had when we took Brandon to NYC in 2007. The line wasn’t as long as back then, since it was now 1 pm.  My plan was to take food to the Commonwealth mall to eat there.  I saw their custard flavor of the week was blueberry corn.  I got Peyton a chicken dog and I got a small custard for us to share.  We walked two blocks and ended up on a park bench.  Peyton said, “You have no food!” I was saving calories to try the custard.  Sad.  She wasn’t that hungry either, so she ate about 3/4 of the dog. I took a bite, then we split the custard.  I’d gotten an extra cup so it wasn’t as messy.  It also allowed her to savor as she usually does.  After we were done, we walked to the mall with the other shops.  I hadn’t bought anything for myself until then.  I went looking for fancy work out clothes, but I didn’t see anything that I really wanted.  Maybe I was saving it all for what I really wanted.  The bag I’d looked at on Tuesday.  I chatted with a different sales person this time.  And I was sold!! The sales associate went to go get a clean bag and dust bag. Peyton asked me the price, but I told her we don’t ask other people that.  And to not ask so loudly.  She looked at me and replied, “So it’s a lot.”  I nodded my head.  She understood.  

We had just enough time to potty and then hustle back over to the church for the performance.  We were there two minutes after three as she couldn’t keep pace. I thought it was going to be an orchestra, but it was a vocal performance.  Peyton still enjoyed it.  It was hot in there, too!  I didn’t remember they’d not have AC.  I tried to fan her, but the poor thing had beads of sweat pouring down her forehead. She didn’t complain about being hot because she was seated.  After four songs and thirty minutes later, it was done.  We went around the grounds and looked at the cementary and notables buried there.  It was shady there. I asked her if she wanted to go back to the library, which was a mile away from where we were, back where we came from. Or go to the hotel, less than a mile away and swim. If we’d had more time before the performance, we would’ve gone to check out the kids’ section of the library that we missed the first time. She wanted to go to the hotel.  And just lay around.  No swimming.  I told her no laps. She agreed. We got home at 430 just in time for Dave to get home. We all went down to the pool where Dave watched from outside while I got in. It was much more crowded this time.  Danielle showed up, too. We stayed about 45 minutes before heading up to shower.  Dave found a Bostonian place to eat.  We walked over and ordered a bunch of food to share.  Peyton’s kid meal was cod with risotto and veggies.  Not the standard kids fare for sure!  And much healthier choices to counteract all the other junk she’s eating.  She loved it!  There were also “big kid” portions, smaller than adult but bigger than a kids meal though her portions were pretty good siZed. She shared our lobster mac and cheese, beet salad and clam chowder and was happy! We walked over to little Italy to the dessert place we missed two nights ago.  We got more dessert to take back to the hotel and walked part of the freedom trail again.  She wanted to go from the beginning to the end tonight!! She want from falling asleep in the restaurant to wanting to hike 2.5 miles.  We wrapped up the evening at the hotel. The little girl walked almost 10 miles today in total.  I’m hoping I counteracted some of what we are today 😀

Her first Dunkin.   

  

  Tortoise, plugging away. 

  Hare. I guess he’s alseep. Or lounging around. 

  

  

  

  Trinity church where Samuel Adams was a parishioner.   
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  Commonwealth mall

  Gravestone at King’s church

  Daddy and Peyton on the Freedom trail 

Lobster mac and cheese:

  Peyton informed Dave that Paul Revere had 16 kids.  And two wives.  And he outlived all his kids except five of them. She didn’t recall other random facts. I think she was alseep by then. 

  Paul Revere’s house 

  Holy Canoli. 

  

This morning, I set the alarm for 830.  I’d purchased tickets for the hop on and hop off bus, and it included a ticket to the Boston Tea party museum close to our hotel.  That opened at ten so I wanted to be in early to avoid the crowds. We were going to eat at Dunkin Donuts but when we went there, the power was out! I didn’t mind and our plan B was back to Flour.  I got steel cut oatmeal with nuts and blueberries while Peyton wanted the French toast and bacon.  The meal was much heartier and filling than donuts would have been.  I’d forgotten to order her milk, so I gave her money to order herself.  She hemmed and hawed and finally decided she didn’t want any.  She didn’t want to I have to leave her name.  I told her to use mine. She really wanted it, I know. Finally she caught a break in the line and went to order.  She proudly returned with her cup of kids milk. I reminded her eventually she will have to order her own food! 

 We returned to the museum by 1025 am and were in the 1030 show time. We started right away and were given two characters/real names of those in attendance on that fateful night. Peyton was my apprentice and I was some coor.  She started in the aisle to see better.  The crowd was pumped up to be true patriots, angry at the crown.  Some were asked to speak up from the cue cards.  Two in particular were younger girls who read from the cards.  Peyton freaked out and went to my other side, away from the aisle. She whispered she didn’t want to speak aloud.  I assured her she had no speaking part.  The woman who was our tour guide was really good at her part!! She remembered most of the characters and which guests she’d  given each character.  We were given our disguises; they were feathers, which depicted the costumes the colonists used to avoid detection. They dressed up as native Americans so as not to be caught as unloyal.  After the introduction, we were led to the ship.  The kids were invited to dump tea into the harbor and we toured the replica boat, the brig Beaver. Peyton waited until the coast was clear and no one was watching. Clandestine dumping for sure. I took video which I’ll upload later.  The opposite boat was the Eleanor.  The Dartmouth wasn’t in port.  We saw the captain’s quarters, the tight cargo load area, and learned more about the night.  We headed on dock again for more history before we were ushered into the movie theater for another lesson from the women’s perspective.  It was a conversation about the loyalists and the colonists.  Then, the movie went out but the sound kept going.  The emergency lights came on. The docent looked a bit confused, and we were informed that we had to go back to the street to evacuate the museum.  We headed out and awaited more information. They stalled by spouting out more information. It was fascinating though Peyton was just hot. I had her in the shade and she was okay with her water.  After about thirty minutes of waiting around, being offered a refund, though our tour was included in our trolley ticket, the lights went on. We were invited back to the same spot. Peyton enjoyed the AC.   We then headed to another movie room with a story about a surviving box from the tea party. It was recovered mostly intact from the harbor. The family who kept it donated it to the museum.  It is housed in a glass case which spins around to tell its story.  Then we were shown a final movie about the battle of Lexington and Minute men. It was a 4-d effect as puffs of air shot out at us every time a musket fired.  We weren’t able to take photos in this area.  We finished off with a trip to the gift shop and potty break.  From there, we hopped onto the trolley.  We went a few stops before starting at the beginning. We had to change trolleys, but it gave us a chance to walk around back at Faneuil hall. We picked up a copy of Make Way For Ducklings, after I wasn’t able to find the hardcover on Amazon. She declined some chowder, saying she wasn’t hungry.  So we got back on the trolley to take a lap.  She didn’t want to get off as she was tired.  She napped while I plotted my course.  We had only walked a bit of the freedom trail, so I wanted to climb Bunker Hill Monument. We started the tour at 2 and didn’t make it all the way around until almost four.  The monument had its last climb at 430, closing at 5.  The last pick up stop was 5 so we were running short on time, almost the same amount of time lost with the power outage! We made it off the stop at 415 pm. We hiked uphill about 0.5 miles then headed up the 294 stairs to the top.  It was a tight spiral staircase.  She was all energized from her nap so she bounded up the stairs.  The stair depth was pretty impressive.  At least they were even.  But it was narrow. Maybe only two of us could have fit widthwise maybe not even that.  When people came down, we’d stop and let them by.  The rail was only on the right hand side going down. We held on to the wall/center column going up.  I was wearing flip flops today since my shoes were still wet from yesterday. There were stair markers along the way to keep us motivated.  It was a bit stuffy, and I was starting to sweat.  We finally made it to the top.  There was a grill gate on the center of the column. You could see.  All.  The.  Way.  Down.  And she kept walking RIGHT over the top of it!! I concentrated on taking pictures at each Cardinal direction. It was nice and breezy up there as the center column brought air from below while each of the four windows had its own cross breeze.  After taking our pictures, we headed back down.  I had Peyton stay behind me, but there were some kids were messing around behind us. I didn’t want to let them pass us as there were still people coming up.  But I took it slowly but surely.  We made it down and saw daylight again. My quads were burning!! After she got down the steps, Peyton said, “My leg muscles are stronger now!”   We hiked back downhill to get our trolley.  I asked her if she had to go potty or if she could hold it.  She said she didn’t need to go. THere was a trolley there right then, and it was 445 pm. I didn’t know if I could find a potty, and I didn’t want to risk missing the trolley. I believed her and boarded the trolley.  It was Bailey, the same driver as before! We went through all the rest of stops again. Ours was three and we needed to get to 16.  One by one, people got off.  Peyton and later, I, fell asleep.  I woke up when I heard the ladies in front of us talking about us.  Hey asked me where I was going, I guess making sure we didn’t miss our stop.  I told them it was our second trip around.  And since we had Bailey, we had heard the same spiel. We got to stop 15 and everyone got off!   He said, “And then there was one!”  Then Peyton popped up! He said, ” Oh I didn’t see your friend there!”  He asked me where we were going.  I told him our stop. He narrated for us for the rest of our journey.  We finally arrived, Peyton tipped him and we headed back to our hotel.  Dave was already home   We hung out for a few minutes to change and freshen up and headed to dinner.  We went to another Italian place.  We ordered soft shell crab, pasta and favs beans for Peyton, and polenta with oxtail for Dave.  It was all yummy.  Peyton wanted spaghetti but im happy that she went out of her comfort zone and agreed to share with us.  She liked our dishes, too, eating a few legs.  And a few bites of Dave’s polenta.  After dinner, we headed a mile out to the Omni hotel for the Boston cream pie that was first created there. It was yummier than last night’s I thought. We also shared the key lime pie. We walked the mile back and took an unplanned detour through fanueil hall.  Dave didn’t think I knew what I was talking about, but I’d been by there at least three times today. He’d taken a wrong turn somewhere.  In any case, I register my 10,000 plus steps for the day. It was a nice evening out with plenty of tourists or conventioneers.  Peyton was able to keep up with us despite wearing flip flops.  The sugar helped her out.  We are back now all showered up and feeling good. 

We were wrapping up our day recounting to Dave what we did.  Bailey had asked which other drivers we had. Peyton didn’t answer at the time, but told me, “Remember, her name is Jewels! And if we didn’t like her, her name was Ruby.”  He other guy she forgot was Dallas. But she remembered that she was our first driver, over eight hours before!

Here are the pictures:

 Our characters.   
                                                                  

Tea from the United East India Company 

Sarah Hewes  

  

Nap one     

Beginning of us on the freedom trail. 0.5 miles from the end  
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Can we make it in time?     

Here goes nothing:   

We made it!!              

Long way down.           

Nap #2  

Outside Fenway.  She said she’s not a Red Sox fan. I couldn’t convince her to get off and check it out. She didn’t want a hat either.   

Commonwealth Mall

Gas lamps. Lit all the time. And the post office!    

Brief stop at MIT

All alone on the trolley.    

Dave woke up and headed out early this morning.  It didn’t bother Peyton at all, and I went back to sleep, too.  I didn’t get up again until my pillow fell off the bed which woke Peyton.  I asked her what time it was.  She answered, “11:38”.  What?! Even by California standards, that’s a late morning!  We got up and ready and went to the local pastry shop.  We ordered brunch – a kids sandwich, one slice of French toast, bacon slice, parfait and the sweet bun Dave mentioned was good there.  We finished everything but the bun, which we took to go.  We split the kids sandwich and toast, and it was plenty.  Now that she was fueled, we returned for the swan boats.  It was hot but we made it. We went to the public library and browsed the Amercian Revolution display.   We took some pictures, took a potty break and browsed at the study area.  Her comment on this was: 

  Looks like in Monsters University where they are tryin to get the flag.  She noticed it was very quiet and used her inside voice.  

Her comment on this was:

 “Looks like the stairs and books like in Belle”  

  After that we took a detour to shop. She didn’t mind since it was 100% air conditioned.  We shopped for bags and I contemplated while we headed back to the hotel.  On our way back through the park, the weather was turning on us.  We heard lightning and thunder far away, then closer.  Then saw people running.  There was a creepy guy behind us talking to himself, so we ran too. Then there was one chunk of hail that fell.  No rain just hail.  

 One piece of hail.  So cute.  Many, not so much.  A few hit my head, and it was not pleasant. 

   Only the rain caught up to us. And then the deluge.  

 I struggled under a tree to get the poncho out for her.  This is looking back at the tree…

  I was shivering while trying to keep my phone dry.  It’s the lifeline for us to get around. I got her situated then gusts of wind blew sheets of rain toward us.  I got my poncho out to cover myself.  We ran under the awning of a theater before gathering ourselves.  I tried to wait it out but as we were getting colder, I hailed an uber.  But I had to update my app.  Figures.  There were tons of police driving by with sirens blaring.  The uber guy showed up and we had to jaywalk in front of a police car to get there.  I think the cop was not going to do anything given the circumstances.  We headed home, a mere mile, but the driver’s app was messed up. I had to navigate him around using my phone. Apple vs Samsung.  Geez.  While we made our way home, Peyton asked, “What was the quartz that fell from the sky?”  It felt like it as it pelted us on its way down. I don’t think she’s ever seen hail before. We arrived back to the hotel and squeaked our way home.  We showered and got warm and cozy. I can tell Dave had been home as the pile of wet laundry gave him away.  Here are the rest of our photos from today. 

   
Flour brunch – kids sandwich, one slice of French toast, bacon, coffee, sticky bun, parfait, kids milk all for about $20.  

  

Massachusetts state house.       
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Student-powered swan boats.     

I asked her if she wanted to walk through the park or street.  Good thing she picked park. We found Washington’s statue.   

She wanted to rest and just look at Washington on the bench.    

We also found the 9/11 memorial.  I had to tell her what it was.  And remind her to keep her feet off the memorial.    

Copley place.  There was a farmers market, and we tried real maple syrup.  They didn’t have anything 3 oz or less to fly.   

Public library.    

Twin lions.         

The window to the courtyard.  Upon seeing this she said, “Ooh, I have to take a picture!”   

                     
 

Peyton said of this shot of the news: ” looks like a swimming pool”. She was telling me, “But what about the drought?”  Told her no drought here.  

We’re waiting for Dave for dinner now.   

Our travel day wasn’t too bad. My mom and Brandon dropped us off at the airport at 730 and we had four hours to kill before our flight. We had tickets to the red carpet club but we had to go through security twice as a result.  We went through to get to the club. Peyton wasn’t impressed with the food but ate a light dinner there.  We brushed our teeth there then after a couple of hours, checked out and returned to our side of the international terminal. We had an hour on that side and played crazy rights and had her spell and read some.  Once on the plane, the flight was only three plus hours.  Not long enough to fully sleep. Luckily, we had a thin girl sitting in the window seat, while Peyton took middle and I took the aisle.  She laid out across her seat and mine. We arrived in Minneapolis and deplaned at H1.  Then we walked over to H4 to look at the terminal screen only to find out that we were right back on H1. I gave her the choice of breakfast or going back to sit on our gate. We checked a bag through to get priority boarding since we were going to our final destination.  I didn’t want to risk losing the bag in the first leg since all our clothes were packed together in one bag.  We got on this time as window and center seats.  A group with Down’s syndrome came on and Peyton started to stare.  One girl sat down next to me.  I hesitated starting to converse since I wanted to sleep the flight.  She had a chocolate bar and Peyton was staring at that for awhile. Once we were airborn, both of us slept.  I didn’t sleep much the first flight, even though it was dark since I didn’t want her kicking the girl.  But because she had the plane wall, I slept fine even though it was super bright out. We landed and took the opportunity for a potty run without the bag since we went before picking it up at the carousel. Dave told me the cab ride was almost thirty dollars the night before.  But it may be more because of traffic.  Or there was public transportation to a station near our hotel.  But it required a bit more brain power. I decided to try the latter.  One can buy a weeklong subway pass for $19.  Peyton is free because she is a kid.  So I bought my pass and headed out after getting our bag. I’m not one to use public transportation but I’ve been duped in cabs too. Especially since Peyton would be without a car seat.  We jumped on the bus that would take us to our station. One family did the same and got off at the first stop. They later boarded again another so to later.  They walked from the front to the back of the same building they said. So they realized their oops by seeing us sitting in the same seats.  Peyton recognized them, too since they had tween aged girls. We finally made it to our stop. We went to look at the map and couldn’t find our “stop”.  I then googled it and was informed I needed to go above ground.  From there, we were less than a half mile away.  No problem!! Peyton was getting hot and bothered so I breezed by the food trucks that were all parked near the grassy square.  I checked into the hotel, dropped off our stuff and sun blocked us.  It took us awhile to head out again, about an hour and that translated to a long wait for us. Each truck had anywhere from 10-30 people in line.  All business types.  We ended up finding a not as crowded one closer to the hotel.  It was a Vietnamese inspired so Peyton wanted soup noodles.  It was about 85 degrees out so I convinced her to get a noodle salad.  I got a tofu pineapple curry over salad. We took it back to the room and ate. It was so yummy! And spicy.  So glad she didn’t get it.  Her pork was yummy, too.  I told her to take a nap and then we’d head out to explore.  I set the alarm for 1.5 hours and she blew through that.  It ended up being more like two hours.  So we headed in search of Faneuil hall. It was less than a mile away.  No problem!! She whined a bit but I had her help me navigate and look for streets.  We made it there and looked at the public market, too.  We went to the Make Way for Ducklings children’s book store.  We found some signed copies of books, two for B and two for P.  They are books in a series that they are both aware.  From there, she wanted to go home.  But I convinced her to go to the “real” make way for ducklings. It is a statue in the park. It was another mile or so away.  More whining but then a cold bottle of water took care of that.  Also having her carry her own camera.  We stopped to take pictures along the way then suddenly, we were there!  We stopped for pictures and also saw the swan boats.  We were too late for a ride but at least we know where to go back to catch the ride.  We headed back to the hotel for yet another mile walk. As we arrived at the subway station entrance where we started this morning, she knew.  “we’re almost home!!”   I was surprised she learned our area so quickly. We saw only one food truck: “Cookie Monstah”. I asked the man if he’d be there longer. He said he was closing soon since he was running out of some items.  I made the game time decision to get it now.  We’d try to save Dave some.  Peyton wanted ice cream and one cookie. I got a cookie sandwich. She got a sugar cookie and Milky Way ice cream while i picked the coffee Oreo and PB and salted caramel cookies.  It was supposed to come on two chocolate cookies but they ran out. We ate and walked the few blocks back. While she was eating, she exclaimed, “Wow, this is delicious!!”   We arrived at the hotel around 6.  Neither of us could finish our cookies!! We were overcome by the cookie monstah!!  Dave wasn’t back yet so we headed down to the pool. I told Peyton she needed to swim eight laps.  When we checked the pool earlier no one was there.  Now only one kid and mom were there.  It was a lap pool that was 3-4 feet deep.  I ended up swimming a few laps with her.  When Dave arrived, I had him time us.  Peyton’s fastest was 23 seconds.  I clocked in at 17 but her technique is still much better.  We got out by 7 and showered up. We headed out for dinner with Danielle. They had chowder and a salad while I had the lobster roll. Peyton had a corn dog and a salad. She couldn’t finish.  I told her we couldn’t have dessert but her meal came with it. I asked the server to bring her the fruit instead.  Peyton reminded me, “Because we cannot have any more dessert today.” She brought out the fruit – blueberries and mango squares.  Blueberries and other berries are plentiful in the northeastern coast per our dining partner from NJ. She ate all those with some sharing to help.  Then we hung out at the hotel bar to have Dave and Danielle eat their dessert.  They had a rhubarb tart with honey ice cream.  After they were done, we headed upstairs.  But she is not tired now. Though she is yawning which is a good sign. It may rain tomorrow so we’ll have to plan our events accordingly. We had a good day considering how tired we started out. 

 Our red eye selfie.    

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3. The public market. Quincy market.       

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4. Statue commemorating the Irish plight in coming to America. 
5. Frog pond pool in Boston common. Brown water that peyton said “is disgusting!”  
6. Boston was founded 379 before this one…
7. Make way for Ducklings and their plus one.                    
8.  Dave is hopping between beds since Peyton went to his.  I wouldn’t go over to change places so he came to me. But he soon realized that she takes us less room. Duh.   So he’s got this for now.  Can you tell she’s tired? He took it for blackmail purposes in her teen years.  

Thursday: at sea. Peyton and I checked out the Belly flop competition.

P: My daddy’s going to do the belly flop competition. Me: You have just as much chance of seeing your daddy do it as I have of seeing my daddy do it. But we watched in the rain anyway. Then went into the pool ourselves.      

  

 There was lightning and thunder but it didn’t stop the competition. Spelling “fjord” at lunch when papa didn’t think she could.  She asked what it was.  He doesn’t realize it’s in the context of Frozen and spelled in the books. Cake decorating competition with Chris’ mess of a cake. Peyton said she didn’t want any part of tasting it.  Peyton had fun with Emma by the pool. Also met Ellie. Me: Do you want to come to breakfast with me? P: No just out the do not disturb sign on. Then she changed her mind. Brandon has no problem asking junior to let him in the room. Went shuffle boarding then she took off when I went to walk laps. 

   
     She went to my parents’ room while I did about two miles upstairs on deck. Dancing competition with the crew. Family Karaoke 

  
of course she’s just watching but loves it and then the show. She preferred to go to the real show over the amateur karaoke singers. 

Animal tonight: 

  Friday: Ho Chi Minh city. War memorial. Presidential palace. Walking through the market was still smelly for Peyton.  

Dave didn’t want to read the anti American propaganda. So he went out with Brandon to look at tanks.   
    

She was too hot to smile.  But we crossed two streets and that was our adventure for he day.  We lived to tell about it.      

We are at Pho 2000 where president Clinton ate while he was here. We went to massages once again, then back to the ship. They were a bit more sketchy massages.  We’ll just leave it at that. Dave Peyton and I went for a scavenger hunt while Brandon stayed in the room. We earned a gold medal and a caribeaner.  We also met a guy who had been on the ship when we were on our honeymoon.  He was tripping out that we were all onboard at the same time. He remembered where he was and also that we weren’t able to go to Morocco as a result of 9/11.  His name was “Grandpa” because he’d been around.  Most of the kids club staff were young.  But a degree is required so at least you know that they are all college graduates on staff.  For whatever that is worth.  I think it may have had to be in a child-related field.  Then it was time for dinner, the 4th of July celebration and then trivia. After trivia, five of us headed to the show. David Dimuzio, a supposed YouTube sensation, sang and juggled for us. It was really entertaining. Some jokes went over Peyton’s head (luckily) but others (more tame), she understood. We have a later morning tomorrow so we can sleep in for once. Our Driver thought p looked Vietnamese. Fourth of July.  

   
   

Sunday: Na Trang. Late tender meant sleeping in and taking in a leisurely breakfast. Peyton was running around the ship looking for her lost fan. It’s believed to be in the list and found. Hot and in search of the beach. Short day on land with the tender boats. Took public transportation to the center market. Kids too hot to shop. We found a mall and kids went to the beach while we wifi’ed and watched them from above. 

  
When they were done, they came back and ate some mangosteens before all of us walked out to the taxi area to get back to the ship. Dave ate noodles dockside while the kids complained about going back to the ship. Once aboard, we headed get a late lunch, then to the pool. Then it was time for dinner! There was an aerial show in the center of the ship spanning four or five decks. We watched from up high. After the aerial act, Peyton wanted to see the show. 

We saw “Grandpa” the attendant from the kids’ club helping people off the tender. He said a generic “Hi, Mom” to me but he shouted out to Peyton, “Hello, Peyton!” She was going incognito with her hat and sunglasses but he still recognized her. 

Monday: da nang. Hot again. And rainy. Peyton said, ” okay say cheese!” Then man behind her shouted out, “cheese!” She was so embarrassed. I told her she should’ve taken a selfie with him. He was cute!! Looked like Ryan Phillipe. Torrential rainfall on our way back with goats and cows in the way. Brandon had the driver cracking up with his own laughter. 

  More stateroom animals   
   

  She got comfy anywhere she could. 

Rode on a boat for half an hour, steered by an older woman.  

   

 It was soaked at the pier but still managed to shop. We showered up and then played another game at the kids club. Another scavenger hunt. After dinner, Peyton, my mom and I watched the “finish that lyric” before my mom went to bed. Peyton and I went to the show to find my aunt. We watched “Swing City”. Peyton sits at the edge of her seat and claps appropriately. She said her favorite part of the cruise was the nightly entertainment. Our entertainers:

  We tried to go to the rock climbing wall but it was closed again because it was wet. We ended up turning in to bed.  

 Tuesday: at sea. Peyton climbed three times today. Brandon only got half way up. We met the entertainers with some q& a. We sat in the front row but Peyton got cold feet and hid from the entertainers with her head buried in the chair.  

  Had a nice last dinner though Peyton went potty on the middle of dinner and didn’t come back for awhile. Enough that I got worried and went to find her. As I went back to the room, I saw she’d been there but she was nowhere to be found. Finally I went back to dinner and she was coming in with big tears in Her eyes. She’d gotten lost and someone had to help her find her way. She had kept it together until she saw me and then let loose. She wasn’t going to make that mistake again. She’d been really comfortable navigating her way on board but got too comfortable. After dinner, my aunt mom Brandon Dave Peyton and I went to the magic show. The magician, Ben Murphy,  asked Peyton if she wanted to be part of the show but she vehemently declined. Enough that the magician made a face to the audience and moved on. After the show I went to pick up my picture package while Peyton went to our room. By the time I arrived, she had changed and tucked herself into bed. We’d already brushed teeth before the show so she was all set for bed. Chris, the cruise director, sang a song about Australia, his home country, and Peyton was humming and singing it this morning to herself. She really enjoyed herself on this cruise making a pen pal in Ellie and playing with Emma, too. She made the most of her awake time.   

     

Wednesday: last day. Had breakfast as usual then waited to disembark. Took MTR to dland making three change overs in 30 minutes or so. We left my parents at the MTR station to head out their own way. Finally arrived at dland and checked into the hotel. Then proceeded into the park. The kids figured out to collect stickers from the cast members as they mostly all had them.  Peyton wasn’t shy.  

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Thursday: another day in the park. Ran to get frozen tickets. Like a race start but faster! Survival of the fittest running to the venue. Brandon and Dave got in line while Peyton and I brought up the rear. We played in the snow and then headed to see stitch in English. We ate there but Peyton wasn’t hungry so she just wanted a plate of greens. She’s been missing her veggies for sure! We did Winnie the Pooh to see what the hype was (none) and then headed into town. We ate in the mall and walked around before going back due to the typhoon level 8. When we got back to dland, it was closed! Everything was wrapped in plastic like their billboards. We hunkered down in the room and waited while the typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm. All hype! They closed our pool too so we couldn’t take advantage of the water slides. Good thing we didn’t pay for the tickets! We packed up our stuff for the long haul back late tomorrow.  

Friday we woke and went back to the park.  We rode RC car and since the kids chickened out, Dave and I rode alone together.  We asked the kids to stay out and wait for is.  They mostly listened. They went to ask for stickers in the store.  We had a glitch in the ride because Dave was filming with his camera and the ride was stopped to confiscate his phone.  Oops.  We were the only ones on the ride so the operators were probably upset with us for interrupting the ride. The kids waved from below at is.  In hindsight, we should have had the kids film us!! We headed into the city after checking out and stowing our bags in the city.       
I wanted to find the HK dim sum place.  And we did! Thanks to a free wifi spot and gps. It had free plugs to charge, too. 

                                       

After lunch, which I reminded the boys it was more of a snack than a way to get full, we headed over to the Peninsula.  My mom asked me if I was going to take Peyton there since we’d had afternoon tea there when I was with my mom back in 98.  I didn’t think she’d get into it because she was a bit young but she was game.  So Dave stood in line while I was shopping ( I didn’t know he was in line until i went to look for him).  Service started at 2 and it was 230 so we missed the first round.  We were a few groups back and after waiting an hour, it was our turn.  Brandon and Dave were going to give us an hour and then check back in. He did come back just after we were seated.  He was going to give us another hour.  But he came back a bit sooner which helped because he took pictures!!

   
  

             

She didn’t finish her share and I was getting full so we saved food for Brandon.  Peyton didn’t like the tea she ordered.  She had mango and I had peach.  She didn’t like it with cream.  And she didn’t like it with sugar.  So I drank hers while I refilled her cup with hot water.  I was worried about her and regular tap water so I convinced her to drink hot. She didn’t care and enjoyed it!! 

We then headed out and to the mall to meet with Jennifer.  Peyton fell asleep while Dave carried her. I had walked her around the mall and shopped enough to tire her out. Brandon was hanging with Dave and coffee.  I’d had enough caffeine for a day and was feeling it.  We arrived at the restaurant at 6 ahead of our reservation at 630.  Jennifer had texted me but I didn’t get wifi in the restaurant. But she arrived as planned at 630. Peyton was up by then. We gave the kids our phones while we chatted with jennifer. Here’s the result of that:

   
We had 1.5 hours with the table reservation before our time was up. We walked out with jennifer before heading back to the hotel to gather our belongings.  

And more pictures:

   

  

  

  Met with Gary then got in plane to Seoul. Stayed in holding area for three hours sleeping on and off. Kids were out since too busy playing. Had congee for dinner. And then headed out for 3.5 tour to incheon. Didn’t want to risk going to Seoul for five hours. Went to heritage park then Street market. Ate at Paris baguette. Then went back to airport. Dave and Brandon took shower while Peyton and I watched flute performance. Then headed down for arts and crafts. Shopped a bit before going to gate. Met with Gary again. Didn’t want to go out on tour. As we were walking down to the gate, there was another flight next door to Singapore. Peyton said, “let’s go to Singapore and start the trip all over again” she got to sit with daddy again this flight. She was so happy! There were open seats one next to Brandon but I didn’t tell him to move over quickly enough before some other man swooped in and sat there. Dave, Gary and Peyton were on the right and Brandon and I were in the middle and aisle with one more aisle seat. Would have been great to have three seats for two of us. Kids didn’t sleep much during flight. Peyton more than Brandon. Got in at 11. Went through customs and then headed home. Kids slept on car ride. Brandon first then Peyton playing and suddenly quiet and out. I fell asleep too. Got home and showered. Both kids came out of two showers and picked the same shirt and saw each other in the hallway. Brandon went to bed. Peyton fought it by watching travel TV. She saw “tendering” and thought it was the Legend of the seas, our home for 10 days, then said “I’m going to sleep”. She even started to sign a parody of “Wake me up” called, “Don’t wake me up”. On Dave’s side of bed. Dave watching tv then came up to find Peyton in his bed. He scooted her over and it was snoring all around. I got four loads of laundry done while emptying all the bags. 
It’s already midnight!!

I laughed when I saw this at the HK airport.  A makeshift tent. 
  
But this was us in Korea:

   
 

   
              

And from earlier(she got paid in Vietnamese dong for this)

 
My dad said it was better than the massages he’d received this far.  But now she tells me she wants to be a masseuse.  We may have created a monster.  

 

Kids did better today.  Peyton up by 5 while Brandon slept until 7.  Then it was a swimming field trip today.  I quickly packed their gear as I checked the calendar as they were headed out the door with Dave. Initially I’d told them to nap at cdc.  But with the field trip, that probably wouldn’t be likely.   At pick up time neither had taken the swim test.  Or slept.  Both looked tired and went to bed by 730. Peyton was crazy tired like melting down all over. I hope they are on a regular schedule now.  None of us ate lunch. Dave and I had talked coming home and both of us just weren’t hungry.  I was surprised to hear the kids say the same thing.  Dave went to sleep right after the kids but I’ve been blogging since it had been down while we were away.  I’ll have to do videos tomorrow.  I’m beat now.  

since we didn’t have wifi readily available:

Here are snippets from notes I took with pictures interspersed.  

Red eye flight out with stop in Taiwan: 

Peyton ate like a champ selecting all Asian foods over western food.  But Brandon was picky and said he didn’t like airplane food.  So he didn’t eat much even at the airport.   
Airport selfies    Pork rice. 

  Jook!! 

  “western” breakfast 

  Happy Dave in Taiwan airport.  Eating food at 6 am??

  She was loving the greens and XLB

What I had: sweet tofu 

   HK!! 

  HK MJ!! 

   

            Friday: dinner at mall slept by 630 while adults went out for drinks with Kathleen, Spencer and Tim. Had dinner part two at a crab place that ran out of crab then saw the 28hk office and bar. Kids slept over 12 hours to wake by 720 am. Peyton woke up in the middle of the night shouting, “Stop interrupting me”

    
Saturday: sentosa island. Luge and skyride Which was super scary!! It was so high up I had to avoid looking down and i kept my hand on Peyton’s leg just in case.  Three times. Dragon and jungle (1st and third) trails. Peyton rode shotgun all the rides but got to steer her final trip down. 
  

   

   

  

  

   

  

 

28hk night.  Left the kids with the nanny and they ended up staying up until we returned.  At least they didn’t bother the other kids.  And we got into a taxi accident on our way home to them!! A first for the Forharts.  And needless to say, us. 

   

  

  

  Sunday boarding our inside stateroom. Peyton: but we don’t have a window! How am I gonna know what’s going on?
Bye, Singapore!  

HK topper on wedding get a way car.  She’s everywhere!

  Sailing away onboard 

   

   

  

  

  

  

  

  Because we may never see a Peyton can we’ll have to settle for Mei Mei. 

 Brandon looking at the food: is this how it’s gonna be everyday? Brandon: “Daddy don’t touch the rail or I’m not going to sleep with you.” Heeding our warning to not touch railings etc in Asia. 

Sunday: Long lines to check in for cruise. Didn’t even know we’d set sail!! escargots for dinner each kid tried one. Peyton ordered seafood linguine and said, “Bye bye, little mussel.” Pictures overlooking Singapore. Waiter waited for Peyton to order food and wanted to hear her speak directly. Peyton slept by 830 on own but stayed awake long enough for most of the show. Brandon was done by dinner time.

Monday: day at sea. highlights include Peyton on the ship’s rock climbing wall, swimming and fancy dress night. Since she napped, we headed to the show again. Singing impersonator. Met girl named Ellie at the pool, and Ellie recognized Peyton as the girl from the show the night before. They talked in the pool and found out Ellie is five and her friend Emma is six. Brandon and Dave went to sleep right after dinner as Brandon didn’t take a nap. 

While roaming around on deck, we took these:

   

  And first rock climbing:

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First formal night:

Room selfies:

   

  

   

We came upon a sinking fishing ship but the captain said it had already been tagged and the coast guard notified.  This was in the middle of dinner!  Too much excitement on the trip so far. 

   

  

Our state room animal that greeted us after dinner.

  

Enjoyed Jonathan Clarke, an impersonator and singer, for tonight’s show.  He’s also married to last night’s performer.  

Tuesday: do you want to eat breakfast on our own or be served. P: I want to be served. KO samui. Exploring by van. Brandon upon seeing town at sea level: I hope there aren’t any tsunamis. Rented a passenger van to see temples and ride elephants before returning to the ship.  We went to a local restaurant for noodles.  Since it was cooked, we didn’t worry too much.  And the restaurant had wifi! Dave told me later that Brandon asked him why does their (our) elephant have five legs. From our restaurant view.  

   
      Temple: had to cover shoulders and legs out of respect for monks.  But it was so hot!!  
Huge catfish in that pond which the driver paid money to feed.  

  Kids dipping into the Gulf of Thailand and seeing elephants up close.  

   
                 The guide got off the head and Peyton slid down to take his place.  He took these pictures.  I swear she was going to fall off.  I squeezed her as tightly as I could.
Wednesday: Bangkok/ lamchaebang. Hired a car who took us to floating market in Pattaya. Then got stopped by police and money taken from driver. Then we hit up a Thai massage parlor where all the adults indulged in a two Hour massage. The kids entertained themselves individually and Peyton got a mini leg massage by the lady massaging my mom.  

Mangosteens!!   

  

    

  

 When we finished, we went in search of pad Thai. I’m convinced it doesn’t exist as we had two different kinds of noodles and pad Thai was not it. 

Didn’t go in.   While Mangosteens were checked off the list for our trip, we also tried a rose Apple before returning to the ship with air conditioning. I tried looking for wax apples and did not. No seat belts in car made it a bit harry. But we kept the kids in the second and third row seats to try out our seventies style seat belts. Ice cubes and water from Starbucks. We’ll see if they get sick. We got back and went to the pool while watching frozen. After dinner, we hung out at Beatles trivia. Brandon nicknamed Dave “Mr No Fun”. And when we asked him my name, he said, “you’re mrs yay fun”. But Brandon is mr no fun junior because I asked him if he wanted to join us for the evening fun and he declined. Dave was sore from the massage and wanted to either go to bed or the casino. Peyton lasted until the evening dance and singing show. Before the show started, she said she had to go potty. I let her alone thinking she was going to go to the one close to us. But when I checked, she wasn’t there! Finally she returned, and I asked her where she went. She said, “To our hotel! (That’s what she calls our stateroom).” She really knows her way around and can use her stateroom key. Peyton was happy to report our newest towel animal. A Dino! 

   

  Love how easily she adopted the Asian “V”. She also wants to eat in bed, so we’re going to order room service for breakfast since we have a later morning tomorrow. 

    

 Thursday: Sihanoukville, Cambodia 

Rented a van. This time with adequate air conditioning. Dropped off at a temple with little kids asking for money. And monks playing around. The kids were no older than ours and making change and selling goods. Then dropped off at a market. Peyton held her nose much of this time trying not to gag. The durian was over-powering. Then drove around until being dropped off at the beach. We ordered noodles and rice and Peyton was the only one daring enough to eat. She ate all the squid off the plates whole brandon was content playing video games. He was afraid of getting sick so he didn’t eat.   We let the kids go to the beach, where they were instructed to pee before the rest of our sightseeing. We saw some fancy casinos and then some monkeys eating coconuts. We headed back to the ship much to the agreement of Brandon who wasn’t fond of the smells or sights of Cambodia. He complained a lot about being hot and tired. Peyton slept in the car, but he was unable so he was cranky.  

   

  

  

  

  

  

 

  The evening meal tasted so good! Blueberry soup:

  Each night there was a fruit purée cold soup His own escargot dish ordered and eaten. 

 Evening selfies:

   
 

The evening entertainment: aerial act high above the center climb midship at the Centrum.