trip to massachusetts

The weekend after, we drove up to Massachusetts. We figured the best quickest way to do this was to take the New Jersey turnpike, but drive over night so there was no traffic, and Aria would sleep the whole time. she pretty much did, and it only took us about 8 hrs. If we had left during the day, we would have gone through Pennsylvania instead, and would have had to stop numerous times to break up the trip for Aria, maybe taking 12 hrs to get there. the only bad thing was that neither of us really got any sleep. we napped when Aria napped :-)

So Aria got to meet her first cousin Felipe, and second cousin James! Aria was VERY jealous of Felipe's toys, and especially his bouncer. she would climb in it when he wasn't in it, and get upset when he was. in general, Aria acted half her age. very interesting to say the least. here's a picture of the first cousins, with Aria showing her feelings about Felipe being in HIS bouncer.



We went to Gooseberry Island and walked on the beach, Aria loved it:
Sunday was a beautiful day, we all went to a park, and it was windy enough to fly a stunt kite Stephen let us borrow. unfortunately no good pictures of that, because we're always about taking pictures of Aria :-P
Next post: NY and Hershey Gardens!