Hailey’s Crib

Wow.  We really got some nice weather this weekend!  Beautiful sun all day long Sat, Sun, and Monday!  Andrea didn’t have to work (just Friday night), so we all spent a whole weekend together, it was awesome.  Saturday, Hailey and I went on a couple really long walks around the city (while Andrea got some sleep after her overnight shift), stopping here and there at playgrounds.  Saturday night, the 3 of us went down to Pawtucket to see the Paw Sox play.  This was Hailey’s 3rd baseball game, and this time she was really into it!  Her first was May 2 of last year, Jon Lester’s 1st start back from cancer; and we also went to Hadlock to see the Sea Dogs last Father’s Day.  Hailey got her own seat on Saturday, and got completely sugared up.  She was clapping and cheering, mostly just being silly.  By 7pm, her usual bedtime, she got extra silly and was having a blast!  So well behaved, not a single peep or fuss for the whole game.

Sunday, Andrea cashed in her Christmas present of a 2.5 hour spa package downtown.  We all walked down there to find the place (right on Boylston, near Copley and the Public Library).  Hailey and I took a looong walk back through the Public Garden and the Common, across the city back to the North End.  Sat evening,  we went over to Uncle Nate’s (our good friend Nate Burke) apartment in Revere for some hot dogs and hamburgers, and more playtime.  Great weather and more fun.  Monday morning we went over to Doyle’s restaurant in Jamaica Plain where I / we used to live.  This is one of Gary and Julie’s favorite places to go eat.  It’s an old Irish pub, with a lot of Boston history.  Ever seen the movie “Mystic River”?  The bar in the beginning of that film is Doyle’s.  It’s also been in quite a few movies, and used to be the choice watering hole for Mayor Flynn, who used to get smashed there and then jog home when the bar closed.  Or so the story goes.

After breakfast, we headed to the Franklin Park zoo.  I’d never been there, and this was Hailey’s first ever zoo trip.  We saw a lion, who got all bent out of shape at the spectators and started roaring (worth the price of admission in my book), we saw giraffes, tigers, and Hailey got to see lemurs!  By far her favorite ‘lil monkey because she loves the show Zaboomafu, which features a ring-tailed lemur as the main character.

The two videos below are Hailey’s encounter from Monday with the lemurs, and a video of her at the North End playground from a couple weeks ago.  The playground is right around the corner from our apartment.

 
Hailey and the lemurs from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.

Hailey at North End Playground from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.
 
Hailey at North End Playground #2 from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.

EDIT:  I cannot get the videos to actually embed here in the site.  Something’s up w/ the code and you’ll just need to click the links to see the videos.