EXPLORING NEW ENGLAND || PORTSMOUTH

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

EXPLORING NEW ENGLAND || PORTSMOUTH
Over the summer, the kids + I tagged along on a work trip to New England. While the Hubs worked his hiney off, the kids + I pursued Downtown Portsmouth. We even took a little road trip down Hwy 1A to Wallis Sands State Park where the kids got their first experience swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. It was too cold for me to join in but the kids had a blast. Here are some of my favorite photos from our time spent in New Hampshire.
The steeple in the background of this photo belongs to North Congressional Church, organized in 1671. I thought it was pretty neat to learn that some of the people that once attended were General William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence; John Langdon, signer of the U.S. Constitution; and President George Washington.





The Wentworth Coolidge Mansion. "An 18th-century house + farm... (that) is historically significant as the only original surviving residence of a Royal Governor in the United States." - source
  

I had my first ever lobster roll during our visit. Because #wheninnewengland you eat #allthelobster. It was divine + you should eat at Surf if you ever visit.





SIMPLY LIMES

SIMPLY LIMES
 

Well, here we are - just a short four months since we celebrated my son's ninth birthday - and I've finally gotten around to collecting a few pictures to document his big day.
 

The birthday boy requested a chocolate chip cookie cake, but I wanted it to match the lime theme, so I tinted the icing a bit. I served a baked shrimp + homemade limeade, recipes for both came from Nellie and Joe's website. My daughter loved the shrimp + the limeade, but our guest wasn't a big fan, so hot dogs were a welcomed back-up. Later on during the day, we took a dip in the neighborhood pool. Mr. Big Stuff had a really fun day!

I took a few pictures of him the night before his birthday + these are a few of my favorites.

My big plan was to have a joint birthday party for both kids + combine all of the lemon decor from my daughter's party + the lime decor from this part. But when party time came around, I couldn't get any of the foil balloons to inflate (for a second time) so I quickly gave up on the idea of decorating, all together. But the party was a fun one!!