mother's day

It was my first mother's day this year.  I am finally part of the "in crowd."  It was supposed to be a nice day with a slight chance of rain.  So we headed out to Boston.  Nick and Bennett had two surprises for me and I was excited to see what they were from the second that I woke up.  I was already very impressed by Bennett's beautiful card.  I knew these surprises would be good.

When we stopped for coffee at Dunkin Donuts before our drive to the city I got a pink carnation for Mother's Day.  I thought it was very thoughtful of Dunkin Donuts to do that for moms.  I was very touched.

The first surprised was very yummy.  We went to a small chocolate making shop called L.A. Burdick in Harvard Square.  The make chocolates, coffee drinks and pastries.  We got ourselves a hot chocolate, a mocha, a chocolate filled croissant and a chocolate harvard square.  Everything was so good!  My hot chocolate tasted so rich that I am pretty sure they melted an entire chocolate candy bar to make it.  And, the pastries were fresh and delicious.  It was raining out at this point so it was a perfect compliment to the weather.

They also had a great selection of chocolate for sale.  They are famous for crafting little bees, mice and penguins out of chocolate.  They are all very adorable and delicious.  We took some home with us.  Will definitely be coming back to this place again and again.

Our next stop was the Harvard Natural History Museum.  We love going to museums so I was excited to check out what this one had in store.  We were impressed.  The museum was not too big but it contained a lot of great exhibits.  We saw and learned about lots of different animal, bird and insect species.  They had a great big hall where we could see the skeletons of multiple whales.  They even had some of the dinosaur bones on display.  We had a great time.  Bennett did very well.  He enjoyed looking at all of the exhibits.  We are planning on coming back when he is a little bit older so he can learn about the things he is seeing as well. 

 

The last exhibit we went to at the museum was easily the most impressive.  It was a collection of glass plants.  Two biologists would make all of these for educational purposes because that was the only material they had available to make long lasting models of the plants they were studying.  These were very intricate and detailed models.  They do not appear to be glass whatsoever.  Nick and I couldn't believe our own eyes.  It's definitely something that everyone should see.  We were also amazed to learn that these models were made in the late 1800's and have survived to this day in such great condition.

After the museum we joined our friends from the city for a nice lunch.  It had stopped raining now and the weather was warm and sunny.  So we all enjoyed a nice walk around Harvard as well.  It was a wonderful day spent with family and friends.  I am one lucky mommy to have such a wonderful husband and son.