i am missing the decorating gene. very apparent as we are 18 days from moving into our new home and i have only a dining room scheduled to be delivered. so we spent (another) saturday furniture store shopping and decided to stop by the wellesley police open house day to give the kiddies a break.
they locked him to the rail immediately.
siren? horn? flashing lights? no. all he wanted to do was watch the tires move when he turn the steer wheel.
ben liked the lights. and apparently the the horn that was being blasted non-stop by all the kids.
see what i mean about the faces....he is so funny.
my little skeptic was not interested in the exterior...
..but get him in the seat and he thought he was chief! they were the busiest things in here.
the weather was almost 20 degrees warmer than boston (there has been a weird fog hovering over the city), a mere 12 miles away! and the force was grilling up hot dogs and handing out ice cream. matt ate two of each.
they had badges and hats and trading cards with actual officers names. they opened the whole staion, letting kids run wild through the jail, command center and even the chief's office--where the screen saver was a picture of the police dog. what a great event! we did not stay for wonderful wellesley weekend, complete with parade and fireworks, but you can bet we will eat up that small town fun next may.
and then we walked toward our almost home...through the city hall/town park. at the end is a stream where we have seen white geese waiting to be fed every time we pass.
and we don't have to mow it! (yards seem sooo overrated.) and it is steps from our place, the train, matt's school and the shops and restaurants of wellesley square. i am getting less and less nervous about these 'burbs, or "the country" as matty calls it*.
and mom, the new overalls are a huge help (and really cute)!!!
after a beautiful time in our almost home, we drove back to a giant, freezing, hovering fog.
i must say, i did not make up the swellesley nickname...it is the name of a local blog i love:
*matty came home from school wednesday and said "bradley is moving this summer too. to new york. not the city though, to new york country. you know, where daddy's parents live."
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