We've just wrapped up a fabulous weekend filled with local fun. We went to Founders Day at the Lowell National Historic Park, where Lucy did some crafts, we went for a trolley tour, and joined a sing-a-long with a ranger playing a ukelele.  Awesome!  Lucy loves "This Land is Your Land."

Then we had a fabulous luau in Somerville with Ian & Elizabeth.

Sunday we went to Franklin Park Zoo!



In other news, someone found an actual alligator hanging out in a canal in Lowell.  No kidding.

From the Lowell Sun:

LOWELL -- Police thought they were dealing with a prank call when someone reported seeing an alligator in the Merrimack Canal Saturday night.
It wasn't a prank.
Sgt. Jack Cullen arrived at Broadway and Dutton streets, near the Lowell National Historical Park parking lot, and found a roughly 2-foot alligator swimming in the canal just after 9 p.m.
Calvin Thomas, of Lowell, said he was walking past the area with his kids when he looked into the canal.

Jon Boswell, director of media relations for the Lowell Spinners, said the team's mascot, the Canaligator, was not immediately available for comment.
He said he suspects the alligator might be a relative.
Boswell said Canaligator married Allie-gator in 2005, and the happy couple gave birth to Millie-gator in 2006.

Read more: http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_21402780/glancing-down-into-lowell-canal-he-saw-gator#ixzz24hqx7Hjr