Wakefield

No, not Timmy. Unfortunately. That would have been great.
Wakefield as in Massachusetts.
I decided not to push my luck by taking a three year old to the Trumbull Regional. Even though I really, really wanted to go. Maybe next year.
So instead of going to the regional, Jim and I decided to trek to our old stomping grounds. I lived in Wakefield for a couple years and we lived there for a little while after we got married. It is such a nice town. The whole downtown is situated around a lake. From the front door of our apartment it was exactly four miles round trip around the lake and back to our house. It was a perfect stroll. Maybe that's why I was in such good shape then. I would walk the lake at least once on most days. We were reminiscing about how we used to go watch softball or little league games for our Wednesday night date nights. We would bring a picnic dinner with us (complete with a bottle of wine). Sometimes it was a little tough walking home. =-) When we would go to the laundrymat we would get Thai take out and make a party of it.
We miss Sushi Island. We wouldn't go that often - but it was fun. There was this cute Japanese singer that could just belt it out. The sushi was good, too.
And Cravings. Mmmmmmm. Now that I think about it, maybe I had to walk around the lake as much as I did to make up for going there so much.

One thing we had forgotten was how strong people's accents are on the North Shore. I actually had a hard time understanding some people in the ice cream shop. Guess that must mean we're Worcester-ites now. The Central Mass accent is more harsh, but there is better articulation. Most of the patrons spoke like Tom Menino - it just sounded like a long string of mumbling with no Rs!

Here is Sam taking a breather before our picnic lunch at the park:

And here's Caroline settling down to eat. Her quote - "I have to put my hands in my pockets because the wind is hurting my hand's feelings":

Subs are not the easiest things for a three year old to eat!

She likes to wear her hat soooo low:

Walking through the muddy-mud:

Somebody loves "pink" ice cream with rainbow sprinkles!

And Somebody else loved sharing Dada's mocha-java ice cream:

Caroline "driving" the school bus with Dada and Sam riding. They were going to school to learn about bumble bees, according to CJ!

Sam was so cold we thought he was going to grow snot icicles on his face!

Caroline just loved the slide:

And the "spider web"

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A great article in the telegram today...