We walked over the bridge and made it to the USS Constitution. I had originally planned to go on it, but the line was very long. My son was getting antsy. It started to rain a little heavier at this point. So we opted to get in a taxi and head over to Cambridge at this point.
I’m a pretty crazy about car seat safety on a normal day. As I am sure you noticed my son was in his car seat, rear facing, even on the airplane. We could have taken him on the flight for free as a lap infant (under 2) but that’s not safe in the event of turbulence. So we opted to buy him a seat and lug the car seat. Thankfully we could afford to pay that money, I understand that some people don’t. We also strapped him in when traveling from the airport to hotel. So this next part scared me. I was not comfortable with having him ride in the taxi with us loose. We did it for the sake of time and convenience. Of course my little stinker liked it :(
I’m a pretty crazy about car seat safety on a normal day. As I am sure you noticed my son was in his car seat, rear facing, even on the airplane. We could have taken him on the flight for free as a lap infant (under 2) but that’s not safe in the event of turbulence. So we opted to buy him a seat and lug the car seat. Thankfully we could afford to pay that money, I understand that some people don’t. We also strapped him in when traveling from the airport to hotel. So this next part scared me. I was not comfortable with having him ride in the taxi with us loose. We did it for the sake of time and convenience. Of course my little stinker liked it :(
We arrived at Harvard Square in about 10 minutes. We got out and wandered around for a bit. We went in to the Harvard Coop (as in cooperative) and bought some souvenir t-shirts. I was disappointed in their kid selection. There was a HUGE area, but nothing to fit my son. They had baby onsies that went up to size 12 months and then t-shirts started at 2T. Well my son is on the small side and still wearing 12 month shirts even though he's 19 months. He doesn't wear onsies anymore. So he didn't get a souvenir. Then we set out for the main yard. Unfortunately they were doing construction in and around the gates so it didn’t make for pretty pictures. Once we went through the gates we were able to get some beautiful shots of the yard with fall colors. Once we were done touring Harvard, we decided to grab some lunch. We were very hungry at this point and just wanted something kid friendly. There is a theme here….
We ate at Pizzaria Uno, again no great shakes, but it was something to eat. We headed over to the T station at Harvard and took the Red Line back to Downtown Crossing. There was a guitarist in the subway playing a pretty good rendition of “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. He played it once normal and then changed up the lyrics to “Have you ever seen the train, coming down the subway tracks” I got a good laugh out of that. At this point, this family needed a nap!
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