In September, my life got ten times better when Pam, one of my oldest and best friends, moved to Boston with her fiance, Javier. For the first time in 11 years, we're living in the same place again! We're taking advantage of this by getting together at least once a week. And it's awesome.
Aubrey agrees, seeing as how she completely adores Pam and Javier. One time at dinner, when asked who her best friend was, she said Javier. When asked who she loved the most, she said Pam. We, her parents, have been eclipsed by the awesomeness that is Pam and Javier. And I'm okay with that.
D'awww. See? See the love?
Anyway, now to detail some of the adventures we've had together over the last few weeks (other than diaper blowouts and the like). Before the true fall weather set in, we went for a nice walk through the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Aubrey almost left us to become a bush child...
... but then she remembered I had all the snacks. So she returned (and put her shoes back on).
We had a nice (unauthorized) picnic while we were there, and Aubrey insisted on biting her apple after seeing Javier (seen below sitting next to her on the bench) do it. No more stinkin' slices for her.
Oh yeah, lookin' goooood.
On another outing, we went to Adams Farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island. In addition to horses and cows, they had chickens...
... and pigs. And before anyone thinks of making any jokes, the pigs are behind the three of us.
After the animals, Aubrey played in the little kids' hay maze...
... before (of course) jumping ship and making a run for it.
She almost made it over the fence and into the cow's enclosure (seriously, she was climbing the fence), but Daniel was able to get her back before she had fully committed.
Then we went into the corn maze path. Daniel stayed behind with Carter and the stroller, but the rest of us went. And it was long.
Oh, and there was a random chicken wandering around in there. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of it. I only managed to capture these guys...
Once we were done with all of the farmy activities, I made my kids do the cliche sitting-with-the-pumpkins photo shoot.
And then, finally, we picked out our pumpkins.
Yay Fall! Yay friends!
