Day 16 - Newport, RI
Today we spent the morning playing soccer and swimming. We went back over to the park to play some soccer. We'd been there for about a half hour playing 2 v 2 with Isaac and Calvin vs Jeff and I when a big group of neighborhood kids and dads showed up to play a pick up game. They invited us to join so we had a group of 16! We played a fun pick up game for an hour. Calvin scored a sweet goal (top 90)!
While we were playing soccer the girls (Kira, Madalyn and Kate) and Mikey stayed home and swam in the pond. They blew up the big, inflatable turtle and paddled out into the pond. They had a great time!
We settled in, watched the Argentina vs Belgium game (with Messi), and the kids played Sardines and Judge around the house and yard. We headed to Newport to meet Nolan and Lisa. We stopped along the way in Portsmouth (or maybe Aquidneck, I'm not sure) at a U-Pick strawberry farm. We walked out to the field and the smell was heavenly! It smelled like you were walking inside a strawberry. The berries were perfectly ripe and delicious. We picked a few quarts to snack on and headed into Newport.
We met Nolan and Lisa along the Cliff Walk and walked along the back of the mansions. The Breakers (the Vanderbilt home, construction started in 1893) looked amazing. It was so huge! Nolan brought his ipad so the boys could watch the Netherlands vs Costa Rica World Cup game. We explored down below the mansions and cliff walk to the tide pools in the rocks below.
We got take out pizza from Mama Leone's and took it to Goat Island park on Narragansett Bay and ate on the lawn before we headed to Beavertail State Park in Jamestown to explore the tidepools and watch the sunset.
We, of course, couldn't go back to Newport without going back to Brickely's! Nolan had actually never been before so we drove over the bridge to have one last bite of the most delicious ice cream we've ever tasted. On the way we watched dozens of fireworks shows over the bays. One set of fireworks went off right outside of the car! Every single one of the kids fell asleep on the hour and a half drive home.
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While we were playing soccer the girls (Kira, Madalyn and Kate) and Mikey stayed home and swam in the pond. They blew up the big, inflatable turtle and paddled out into the pond. They had a great time!
We settled in, watched the Argentina vs Belgium game (with Messi), and the kids played Sardines and Judge around the house and yard. We headed to Newport to meet Nolan and Lisa. We stopped along the way in Portsmouth (or maybe Aquidneck, I'm not sure) at a U-Pick strawberry farm. We walked out to the field and the smell was heavenly! It smelled like you were walking inside a strawberry. The berries were perfectly ripe and delicious. We picked a few quarts to snack on and headed into Newport.
We met Nolan and Lisa along the Cliff Walk and walked along the back of the mansions. The Breakers (the Vanderbilt home, construction started in 1893) looked amazing. It was so huge! Nolan brought his ipad so the boys could watch the Netherlands vs Costa Rica World Cup game. We explored down below the mansions and cliff walk to the tide pools in the rocks below.
We got take out pizza from Mama Leone's and took it to Goat Island park on Narragansett Bay and ate on the lawn before we headed to Beavertail State Park in Jamestown to explore the tidepools and watch the sunset.
We, of course, couldn't go back to Newport without going back to Brickely's! Nolan had actually never been before so we drove over the bridge to have one last bite of the most delicious ice cream we've ever tasted. On the way we watched dozens of fireworks shows over the bays. One set of fireworks went off right outside of the car! Every single one of the kids fell asleep on the hour and a half drive home.
Isaac learning how to make Jeff's famous pancakes.
U-Pick Strawberry farm. The field smelled heavenly!
$3 per quart.
Keeping up with the game on Uncle Nolan's iPad.
"The Breakers" built in 1893.
The tide pools below the Breakers.
The Cliff Walk.
Uncle Nolan is Isaac's favorite uncle.
The tide pools at Beavertail State Park on Jamestown.
Cute cousins!
Everyone's favorite ice cream!
Cheers!
Mama Leone's pizza at Goat Island.
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