New Hampshire trip- day one

Grandma Dino arrived on friday with her friend K, who she had driven down with.  We went to lunch at our local bagel place where big guy ate up a storm, before deciding to head to the pool for a few hours. Again, it wasn't really hot enough to go swimming, but big guy kept asking!  Following a yummy dinner and ice cream, we called it a night, especially since we were leaving the next day to start our road trip to New Hampshire!

SAturday morning was spent finishing packing, as well as loading up the car.  OMG- we took a lot of stuff, all of which we used, so I felt OK with my decision to bring all of it.  Even still, we were packed to the gills!  We left around 11:30am to head to Manhattan, where Great Aunt H lives (who you will remember is 94 and where we went to thanksgiving last year).  Big guy passed out in the car for about an hour, which was good, because upon him waking up, we needed gas and to go pee! And randomly at the rest stop was a guy dressed entirely in "Captain Jack Sparrow" garb! We got caught in the normal amount of traffic on the new jersey turnpike between exit 7-8.  Horrible road!  But we made it to Aunt H around 1pm, just in time for her to take us to lunch!

Big guy at the veggie garden 

Big guy and Aunt H

We had a delightful lunch al fresco, it was absolutely beautiful out!  And while walking back to her apartment, we stopped at an outside vegetable garden right on the street and said hello to a butterfly.  We also stopped at a local park that had a huge playground with sand.  Big guy played for about a half hour while dino, Aunt H, and I chatted and watched him have fun.  We left Aunt H around 4 and drove up to Stamford in Connecticut, as we were stopping to see Cousin G the next morning.  Big guy did a wonderful job in the car.  After arriving at the hotel, we watched some tv, had a light dinner, bath, and then called it a night!