The Cousins are Coming!

 We had a nice impromptu Presidents Day Weekend when Shannon scored some cheap flights for some of her crew to come and visit us.  Seanie and Emilee were the only actual cousins in tow, and while we missed Andrew & Alex, we still managed to have a good time.  And, I am not sure where we would have squeezed them in the van anyway.  As it was, we drove a couple of places illegally over the seat limit, with some of our skinniest folks on the floor.

 First stop, Sam Adams Brewery Tour.  Emilee & Elliot shared an ipod headphones on the tour.  Some of them ate the toasted barley that was passed around ...some of me at more of it b/c it tasted good!  The guide told us the medium toasted one is an actual ingredient in GrapeNuts cereal.  I knew I liked it.

 Visiting the actual Sam Adams on our Freedom Trail walk...which was better in concept, but at least it ended at Ristorante Saraceno in our own private wine cellar for a stellar Italian feast.  Below, Seanie &  Emilee fell in the Lobsta pot.

 Candlepin Bowling!  Julia is a bowling demon!  Despite having her little hand smashed a couple of times by the ball return, if we set her down anywhere, she toddle-raced to the balls and would steal one to carry and drop down the lane.  Then she would follow it toddling down the lane.  Seanie on the other hand is the only real bowler amongst us, and he did a great job.

 Aquarium!  Yay!  on President's Day.  Boo.  SUPER crowded, but we managed.  Touched sharks (Samantha broke out in hives), chased turtles, and darted around in the dark.  Unfortunately, the best pictures are like this...just of the backs of everyone's heads.

 Pre-losta dinna snack for Julia.  She and Emilee had a grand old time with Emilee feeding her.

Our first Lobster dinner at home!  Where we weren't going for chowda.  And, we cheated too, since we had the lobsters steamed and picked them up.  It was essentially a no-cook dinner, with the exception of the home made sweet potato fries...so why did my kitchen look just as bad when it was done?  Lobster was on Seanie's agenda for the weekend and we did not want to disappoint.  He worked the hardest at shelling his lobster, picking out all the little legs.  When we were clearing...we noticed, he missed the tail!  A nice big reward to find after all that hard work.  Ben and I had to work on Tuesday, so Kass got them off to the airport.  Wish they were around this weekend too!