On Saturday, Andrea and Hailey went up to NH to see Nana & Grandpa (Robin & Kevin).  As always w/ Hailey spending time with either set of grandparents, she had a blast!  You should see the awesome swing that Kevin set up for her in the back yard, I must have a picture somewhere….. Anyway, I was up in York planting Christmas trees w/ Rube, Cam and Jon.

On Sunday morning, I made us bacon and scrambled eggs.  But not any bacon, this was Meat House bacon. There’s one of the Meat House butcher shops in York and they have some of the best bacon and steak tips. Ever. The bacon is also much easier to cook b/c it’s so thick. I had a gift certificate for said Meat House, so I picked up some House Steak tips and Burgundy wine steak tips for Mother’s day dinner.

After Hailey’s nap, we drove to Whole Foods Market to get some picnic supplies. I asked Andrea “Why Whole Foods? That place is expensive. Why not Shaws?”  To which she replied “You have to see this salad bar. It goes on for.ev.er.”  I figured ‘ok, it’s Mother’s Day’ and for once I left it at that.

Holy crap this is the biggest salad bar I’ve ever seen. Calling it a “Salad bar” doesn’t do it justice. There’s an Antipasto Bar, Hot Food Bar, Fruit Bar, Pasta Bar, Veggie Bar, Salad Bar, and to the right there’s a sushi chef cranking out fresh sushi. OK, so I’m glad we went to Whole Foods. We got some crostini and hummus (Hailey loves hummus, any kind), Antipasto w/ olives, artichokes, peppers and marinated mozzarella; rattatouille, caesar salad; some fruit; I got some salmon maki (sushi).  It sounds like a ton, but all small portions of each.

Then off to Lincoln, MA (map route here) and the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. We went there last year on Mother’s Day (Moms are free, Dads free in June) and loved it. I’m not big on art or sculptures (i.e. I don’t look at a twisted hunk of metal in a field, or a geometric pile of shredded bulldozer tires and pretend it evokes emotion or deep thought), but this place is nice and spacious, nice scenery, and plenty of room (sculpture park is 35 acres) to sit down and have a little picnic. Hailey also gets to run around freely, and we get some nice pictures.  Some pictures below are from last year, some from this year. The landscape pics are from last year, as are the “bald Hailey” shots. The rest are from this year.