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A visit to the New Haven Elementary in New Haven, NY

Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the New Haven Elementary School in New Haven, NY - on the border of Mexico. I started this journey on Monday, as I drove to Oswego, NY - which is on Lake Ontario.

My first view of Lake Ontario.

Oswego Lighthouse

fishing on Lake Ontario

sailing on Lake Ontario

Canada

I also took in some of the local color....

Yep, I stopped in and tanned, $5. for 20 minutes - seemed like a bargain to me.

...and did some sightseeing.

The best part of my trip was visiting the school! These kids win the award for the best students ever, K-4, these guys were fabulous! And I can't say enough about the staff at New Haven Elementary! My visit was organized by their wonderful art teacher, Debbie Tagliareni - who set up a luncheon in my honor - complete with freshly roasted turkey! Tables of food - it was amazing!

Thank you so much for having me!

The older students measure out the size of a whale shark, basking shark, and reticulated python.

The younger students draw eyeballs along with me.

Play Ball!

People know that I am a Red Sox fan.

To celebrate her 14th birthday, my son Ryan gave me a pair of tickets so I could bring his sister Kerrin to last night's game.

Ryan popped in about the forth inning just to say hi - he and Lauren are now flying off to Italy. The plan is for them to bring back extra copies of Creature dell' oceano. I wish them a wonderful time!

Before, during, and after the game - Kerrin's evening was filled with birthday surprises.

From afternoon shopping on Newbury Street to an after the game bike taxi ride to Copley Square, Kerrin's birthday celebrating is off to a great start. Her actual birthday is May 6th.

It is unimportant that we lost 3-0 to Toronto. The season's still young....

Before the game we both tried on the actual World Series ring, sized for David Ortiz.

Priceless memories. :-)