Happy Labor Day!

Boy, Labor Day weekend sure was fun! It was so much fun, I took yesterday off to just relax and recover from my busy weekend. Our friends, the Drobots, drove here (all the way from Michigan!) and stayed with us for a few days. They have 2 big kids, Mitchell and Rylee, and I loved watching and hanging out with them. We all went to the beach one day (it sure was hot that day!). We also went to the aquarium (Rylee made up a cool song about 70-year-old Myrtle the turtle) while dad and his friend, Scott, went for a tour at the Sam Adams brewery. I think we had much more fun than them since we ended our outing with cookies at Faneuil Hall. The Drobots even went to a Red Sox game and but they lost. But we went out for barbeque that night and Mitchell and Rylee drowned their sorrows in waffles (who knew you could have waffles for dinner??).

I was sad when they left on Sunday morning, but mom and dad knew just how to cheer me up: Thomas the Train! At Edaville USA, they had a ton of stuff for kids like me to do, including carnival-type rides! I really didn't like going on the rides by myself, but I loved going on them with mom and dad. The best part was the train ride around the park with Thomas the Tank Engine pulling our train. He is such a nice tank engine and I bet grandpa Cal would be good friends with him. I was so exhausted after having so much fun, so I was glad that we just hung out around the house on Monday. My friend, Clive, and his parents came over and we all had some yummy gazpacho for a snack. Then today, I started swimming lessons again. I was a bit overwhelmed and cried just about the whole time. I did tell mom that I'll try to like it more next week, but I'm not making any promises!