Boston

It had the makings of the ultimate day.  The weather looked perfect- sunny  with the occasional cloud- 75% and a slight breeze and free Red Sox tickets. Yep free. It was going to be a great day.

But it didn’t quite turn out that way. It’s funny – as I am recapping….I am seeing all the signs…just too late.

Alec was so excited to go – he has been counting down the days.  And finally the day came!

We hopped the train to Boston.

Here it comes….

A few hours later (in which Alec talked non-stop for the entire time)we finally arrived.

(This picture should be the tip-off of what is to come.)

We hopped the T and got off at Park St. We walked through the commons – stopping to play on the playground and check out the statues.  Alec owned the city. He acted like we take him into the city all the time -he was very blasé about the whole thing.

We crossed over into the Boston Gardens. We checked out the “Make Way for Ducklings” statue.

We then sauntered over to the Swan Boats. Alec was getting a little tired from all the walking so the boat ride was a welcome rest.

And then it was this:

And then this:

Ever read The Lorax by Dr. Suess?  Erik and I think these look like truffela trees.  (Thneeds are made out of them…which everyone, everyone, everyone needs)

We made our way out of the gardens and off to catch the T to get to Fenway. No crowds. Wow..cool.

We arrived:

And then found our seats…and this is what Alec looked like:

Not so good.

He slept through the announcement of the Bruins. Yep Bruins ..still celebrating the Stanley Cup. It was cool and loud.

I was not at the right angle to get a picture of all the Bruins tossing the opening pitch to all the Red Sox players. It was totally cool .

Alec proceeded to sleep through the first couple innings which were high scoring  and loud.  He finally woke up and was scorching hot.  He looked like this:

And it didn’t change after that so after a few innings we decided to leave. We had planned to go to Faneuil Hall and eat dinner before catching the 6:45 train. We couldn’t get reservation on the 5pm train. It was hard not knowing what to do..how high the temp was and where to find Tylenol to bring it down and how to get home fast.  I finally had an epiphany on the way out of Fenway- we stopped at the First Aid station. They were SUPER nice, helpful and attentive.  Yep he had a temp of 101.  The provided us some children’s Tylenol and gave Alec a goody bag.

 

Our next stop was North Station to beg for the earlier train.

The lady behind the counter was very nice and helpful –switched our tickets and somehow managed to waive the surcharge. Bonus. We hopped the train and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Tylenol kicked in and we actually got Alec to eat something which helped perk him up for a while. He chatted for a half hour and then laid down and slept the rest of the way home. We were in the house by 7:15 and he went straight to bed with some Advil. Poor thing.

Luck was on our side several times throughout the day and I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that. I am aware it could have been much much worse.  It wasn’t a bad day…it just wasn’t what we hoped it would be.  There’s always next year!