On Tuesday, April 24, we were in Connecticut!
We were there mostly to visit with Paul's brother, Allen and his kids, but since he worked during the day and the kids were in school, we took the time to see things while we waited.
We went into Hartford to see the Mark Twain House.
There were some fun places to take your picture in the visitor's center before we headed over to the actual house.
The home of Mark Twain, or Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was large and beautiful.
We couldn't take pictures inside, but it was very ornate and pretty inside.
The Clemens family lived here from 1874-1891. Here, Mark Twain wrote many of his famous stories such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Prince and The Pauper.
They had a scavenger hunt for Glenn to do while on the tour and questions about the visitor's center. He did well to look around and learn what he could.
And Glenn thought the trunk of this tree was pretty large and impressive.
It probably was a really big tree!
After visiting the Mark Twain House, we headed to Rockwell Park near Allen's apartment. We met him and his kids there to play and have fun.
I know Sarah looks like she is asleep in the swing, but she isn't. She just happened to look down when I took the picture and I didn't get another one. But she loves the swing as well as the slides and other fun things to climb on.
This was the only picture I got of Glenn and his cousins, and it was only Mia actually. They were having fun running around, going on the slides and playing tag.
After the park we went to Allen's place for dinner and hanging out. It was fun to see them! It's been a few years--since before Sarah was born and I think Glenn was maybe 4 or 5...?
We were happy to spend the late afternoon/evening with them.
We actually saw them again the next night too. We had a day trip to Rhode Island while they were at school and work, and then we joined them again in the evening for dinner and games. We left their place around 9:00pm to head to NYC!
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