Somervillian call/wounds of childhood

I neglected to mention in my packing/airport obsession post, that we will be in Boston (broadly speaking) this coming week, and Sunday the 10th is probably our best day for a meet-up with localistas. (There remains much vagueness about the date of availability of Cape Cod, but it's definitely not Sunday.)

Veejane and I have had some tentative discussion concerning the following possibilities:
1. Boston Common/Public Garden picnic/hangout, possibly with Make Way For Ducklings in hand. (I know, we sort of did this 3 years ago, but Casper is old enough to actually read the book now, and I have not matured at all!)
2. Boston Harbor Islands trip (though might be very busy on the weekend, and requires a $10 boat ride, for those with financial issues).

We could also invite you all to descend on my mother's house in Lexington, or you know, do anything else of interest you can think of. Help us in our indecisiveness!

In other news, Casper is a champion knee-scraper of late, and the Dillo has entered the phase of the face-plant and assorted fat lips, scraped noses, and the like. I am mostly astonished by how very quickly small children heal. They are definitely possessed of more vigorous cells than their quickly aging mother.

Stuff I want to do on my vacation

Have a bath in my mother's cool bathtub
Have a bath in the bathtub in the Cape house
Maybe try a bath bomb!
Find a hermit crab at the beach at the Cape and show Casper
Mark my kids' heights on the door frame at the Cape house
Eat pad thai
Go to the aquarium and show Casper the seal feeding
Watch a ferry load
Watch the drawbridge open

I am really looking forward to this.

bliss!

Forecast says highs in the mid 70s, lows in the low 50s for the forseeable future in MA! Must change packing plans to include more jackets and long sleevers.

It is 95 and humid right now, and same tomorrow. But I am ESCAPING!!!!1!

AND it's supposed to rain Sunday in Boston, so, hmmm. Stay tuned for possible plans.