Kara and Mike's Happenings: Two Seasons in One Weekend

10/5/10

Two Seasons in One Weekend

I meant to get this post up before we left for vacation but, as usual, vacation prep causes a lot of hustle and bustle and it didn't happen. Now, we've been to Bermuda and back, have that to report on and have an approaching trip from Dylan's Texas grandparents. So, I need to get caught up on our events before I have even more to post.

Two weekends ago we had plans to go to NH for the weekend and see if fall had started to change trees further north. However, Dylan had a bit of a cold all week that was giving him some sleep troubles so we opted to not travel and let him get better. So, we had a full unplanned day!

Just before Dylan was born, a friend of mine from high school moved to the Boston area. She and her then 6 month old came to my baby shower. After that, we had several unsuccessful plans to connect but with us each having two young children and full time jobs...well, it just hadn't happened. With a free day and a zoo pass, we invited Beth, her husband Sean and son Ian to go to the Franklin Park Zoo. The last minute plans worked out, the weather was warm, and we had a great time at the zoo together. We had such a great day that we extended the festivities with dinner at our house and vowed to not let so much time go by before seeing each other again. Although we took lots of pictures during the Indian Summer day, none with both of the boys (or anyone else in the group) were that great. Which means, as usual, here are a bunch of pictures of Dylan.

Riding the Cow

Driving the Tractor

Feeding the Budgies

Running Around with the Budgie Food Stick - Great Fun!

Driving the Safari Truck (Into the Lion Enclosure)

After a warm Saturday, Sunday decidedly felt like Fall. By lucky coincidence, we had the perfect Fall activity lined up for that day - apple picking! We met up with Mike's cousin Eric and his family at Honey Pot Hill Orchard. Apparently the rest of the world had the same idea - that place was crazy! We were in line for quite a while just to get into the huge parking lot...and I can't even begin to describe how long the line was for their famous apple donuts. We avoided the crowds as much as possible, picked a bag of yummy apples, saw the animals there and called it a day. Great fun. And, of course, here are lots of pictures (this time, some of people other then Dylan):

Apple Trees!