Places to Go

It's rare that a day passes without me finding a new and interesting place to take the kids in Manchester-Nashua-Lowell area. Here are a few places I'd like to check out (or visit again):

• Seacoast Science Center, Rye
  
• Massabesic Audubon Center, Auburn
• Currier Museum of Art, Manchester
  
• Salisbury Beach
• Stone Zoo, Stoneham
  
• Rye Harbor State Park, Rye
  
• Two Bridge Park, Merrimack
• White Park, Concord (New Hampshire)
  
• Beaver Brook, Hollis
• Silver Lake State Park, Hollis
• New Hampshire Farm Museum, Milton
  
• Butterfly Place, Westford
• Fort Stark, New Castle
  
• Children's Museum of New Hampshire, Dover
• Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown
• Charmingfare Farm, Candia
  
• Parlee Farms, Tyngsborough
• Mine Falls Park, Nashua
• Lowell National Historical Park
  
• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord (New Hampshire)
• Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham
  
• Horse Hill Nature Preserve, Merrimack
• Apple Hill Farm, Concord (New Hampshire)
• Willard Brook State Forest, Townsend
• Great Brook Farm, Carlisle
• Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

There are dozens more places that I'll add to my list as the little ones get older. Our area of New England is rich in history and I am looking forward to when they are old enough to appreciate it.

P is for...

Our Summer Alphabet

A - adventures
B - bicycle bells
C - cucumbers
D - daydreaming
E - eating fresh veggies
F - freckles
G - gardening
H - humidity
I - ice cream (homemade!)
J - July Fourth fireworks
K - keeping the garden as organic as possible
L - lightning bugs
M - morning glories
N - night owls
O - orange daylilies
P - peeping frogs
Q - quilting
R - rain, rain go away!
S - strawberries
T - turkeys and chicks in our yard
U - umbrellas and rainboots
V - vacation in Maine
W - water fun in the sprinkler
X - extra long days
Y - yard work
Z - zinnias