So we had such great pictures and videos here.but somehow they are corrupted from my phone and am so mad at my phone.

But here are a few of what I got

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We got to walk through Boston university today.. it’s a pretty big school…but very spread out..

Lots of road works around the area so got me a little stressed and I think I missed my turn a couple of times but made it to the campus.

Here are some pictures of our walk

As we talking our picture this nice police office just stopped and blocked the road so we will be able to stand on the road to get s better picture. And he got out to actually take the picture for us. And our son seem to just love police officers so he asked if he could take a picture with him and he said yes. It was really nice of him to help take our pictures.

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Ok so we took the tour for Harvard tour today. It was super hot and humid.

So when you arrive around their information center which is on 30 dunster street you will need to find parking and most parking around there is 1 hour only parking and its $2

Now there are other Harvard tours which you walk around the town and they share the history and student life in Harvard. But that your is $12 per person.

Then they have the information tour which is an hour tour around their campus and they talk about the school and some basic stuff for any intrested students.

First impression…it’s like princeton and did not really bond with the environment. Yes we understand it’s one of the top schools in the world but we are not just looking for top school but we are looking for schools that has strong diversity…and we also want a school that our kids will fall in love with the environment and also the education and the different types of education out there.

But we have not ruled out Harvard…it will will be in their reach schools. I think they are close to deciding the schools that will be in their reach school and then the match schools and then the safety schools. Almost time to start the application process…

But we truly enjoyed the Harvard tour. Here are a few snap shots.

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Ok now Brown is all our favorites. Its our girls #1 and definitely will be applying to brown.

One reason is their open curriculum(for kids entering into college that is such an amazing way to explore your course choices )

And Brown is the only college that seem to offer that with all the tours we have been on.

The environment feels just right and also it’s only 1 hour train ride to Boston, 2 hours train ride to new York and 15min to an airport.

Overall it was also the best tour we have been on with the college search.

Here are a few pictures of our tour

Rhode island is a beautiful place…providence is the capital and we absolutely loved the few moments spent there.

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I always feel like new York is too busy for me and my kids and I just got it confirmed. It is really too busy for our calm life.

For about 2 hours Marcus kept driving around timesquare area trying to find a place to park so we can just walk around a bit. There are parking for it’s for truck loading and commercial cars. Also the parking decks charge ridiculous price like $30 an hour and with our Toyota tundra it’s considered over size car so we pay more like $60 an hour.

And we can park about 30min walk away and walk or we can take the bike taxi but they charge $3 a min per person….yeap…that’s what I telling you. And with our family of 6 that’s about $530 for about 30min ride…lol!!!

So in my opinion new York is best explored without a car or kids. Just you and a backpack and sneakers and a metro card.

So we tried that and it’s so much better and so easy to move around.

So I say in life nothing is impossible…you just have to find new ways or just ask or just allow your self to have options.

So we stayed with our friend in new Jersey.. so the cost for bus and train ride to and from Jersey to timesquare are is $3 bus ride from new Jersey to the JW bridge bus terminal and train from there is $2.75. So that a total of $11.50 round trip and you don’t have to worry about parking and also paying to cross over the bridge which is $15 just to cross the bridge. So overall it’s really nice to enjoy new York at a low cost.

Today we toured columbia university in new York.

Our girls loved the feel of the school and our tour guide was excellent.

I think columbia will be one of their top 3 choices…

One of the things on marcus bucket list is to have a picnic at central park. And this weekend we made that happen.

We went to central park and had a picnic. It rained on us but it was worth it.

Here are a few pictures of our rainy day picnic at central park…

My first impression of the grounds was…its like from the harry potter movie…the magic wand and all.

Since it summer the campus was quiet but we had a great tour and got to see if that’s a place our two older girls would like to spend their college years.

So we found out princeton university does not have law school med school… which kind of weakens the girls decision to choose that school since both of them wants to get into law.

Also princeton seem to have lots of Grant’s for kids who qualified which is a great point to know.

And we got to see the classroom that Albert Einstein thought at. They still left it the way it is. Now sure if it’s used by students.

Here a few pictures of our tour and the grounds

So we camped at the Nelson’s family campground for 7 weeks. I actually love the campground and what they offer.

During the week it’s super quiet and over the weekend it’s the party city.

Kids and I had our routines and focused on school work as well research for college.

Marcus was able to take his European tour with his guys. We missed him but I think he needed that time with his guys.

We also found a place to eat authentic Ghanaian food and we sure did not miss a bit on that.

The girls also made friends and had sleep overs and fun memories.

Here are few pictures of our life in east Hampton.

Our only son turned 9yrs on July 21st and all he wanted was to go to the mall so he can shop at the disney store and the lego shop, then movie night with him and his new best friend.

So I did just that for him and his friend. I took them out to the west farm mall and had them look around the disney shop and also the lego shop which he loves.

After we had lunch at the California pizza place which had one of my now favorite salads.

After we got some ice cream and then we left for the early movie night.

So here is what I think make his day…the whole movie theater was empty and somehow he and his friend thinks that I had rented the whole movie theater just for them two just because it’s his birthday. He said “mommy you are the coolest mommy in the whole world” that surely melted my heart…and through out the movie I was praying not one shows up so his perception of me renting the movie place can keep the excitement going. And no one showed up. Yeyy…

Mission accomplished he had the best birthday ever. His grandparents also bought him a new bike and his daddy brought his gift from his trip which was something mj wanted and have asked for so long. It was the ben10 watch new edition. Oh he light up when his daddy gave him that.

I think over all the day was awesome and he had a great time. Here are some pictires of his day.