Cambridge River Festival * * *

Yet another family friendly festival in the vicinity. Again, we grabbed a friend and spend several hours perusing the small stalls, and running from one activity to another. This year a lot more kids activities (face paining, balloon animals) were for a fee than last year. But we found enough to entertain ourselves free of charge. The girls made puppets out of cups, watched a funny jungle performer, created elaborate masks, and made pretty sophisticated necklaces out of wires and beads.

On the way back Gwyneth said, that today they got to do so many things!

Earth Day on the Charles River * * *

We used to love to spend time on the Charles River -- rollerblading, listening to concerts, watching Friday flicks... and the last two years skipped our traditional outings in favor of spending time on the Cape.

However, this summer, Gwyneth is in Boston for most of June, so we headed to the Esplanade for the Earth Day celebrations with her friend. It turned out a lot of fun. Yes, you get the usual crowds in line for free food or samples, but you also get a separate stage for kid concert, face painting and planting seeds in yogurt cups to help the environment.

The girls actually spent a lot of time on the large playground a bit a way from the crowds, once all the activities were tried out. It was hard to persuade them to go home!