Here kids, play with these rocks.

We took the kids to Georges Island in Boston Harbor. We didn't take the picture you see here - we arrived by ferry, not helicopter, and today the grass was brown rather than green, but it is still a good picture. It was very hot. We bought some hot dogs and had lunch in the shade amidst 40 huge and hungry seagulls.

The island is about 28 acres and home to Fort Warren which was built in the mid-19th century to guard Boston Harbor. It actually functioned through World War II.

The kids loved exploring the fort. But even more than that, they loved hanging out on the gravel beach and skipping stones into the water. They did it for an hour and declared it the best day of the vacation. Sometimes I think they're the hardest kids in the world to please... and then sometimes I think they're the easiest.