The Freedom Trail

The kids had a teacher professional day off school so we decided to take them into Boston.  They had never been into the city and it had been years since I had been into the city so we decided we would head in and check out the Freedom Trail.  It would give us specific destinations to go to on a cold winter day and would allow the kids to see historical sites.  We didn't quite make it to the end of the freedom trail as we stopped for a late lunch in the North End with dessert at Mike's Pastry and then had to hustle it back home for Sofia's gymnastic class.  The kids enjoyed seeing the sites.  Sofia specifically liked seeing where Anne Hutchinson once lived since she recently read a book on her and wrote a bio-poem about her.  Also there was a man in colonial garb outside one of the cemeteries and he was also quite excited to talk to her about Anne Hutchinson.  It was nice to have her see how her work in the classroom can be seen and discussed in the real world.

In front of Paul Revere's house

Our trip on the freedom trail also lined up well with me being the mystery reader in Sofia's classroom so I brought in Paul Revere's Ride to read.  I still remember that poem from my 5th grade class as we had to memorize a LOT of it and stand up and recite it in front of the class.  It is, however, a nice poem and fun to read to the kids.  When I sat down to read to the class I said that we had just been on the freedom trail and Sofia's teacher laughed and told me she had heard that we went into Boston but all she had heard about was Mike's Pastry!  I guess I can't blame her...history is interesting but Mike's Pastry is delicious!