...more from the museum

The girls (ok...and Larry and I) played hard and had a lot of fun. On the way home we passed by the Occupy Boston site...needless to say they were a little cold...

Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch (there will undoubtedly be more pics like these)

Just me and the girls...:0)

From top: 1. Guess who is Larry's mini-me and guess who's Teresa's mini-me? 2. Olivia, unlike Abigail at this age, likes to launch herself down slides any way that will make it faster/more exciting (like face first, on knees, etc)... 3. The girls were awaiting the Columbus day parade in their double stroller.

My FAVORITE part of the day...hands down.

When school is dismissed Olivia's top priority is to find her big sister....then they all play outside. So sweet.

Olivia & Abigail visit Vermont

Abigail and Olivia had the chance to spend the day with their friends Annie and Zoe Marek in Vermont. They loved hanging out under the apple tree, by the chicken house and playing in the beautiful leaves with their great friends.

**Thank you Grace for letting us visit. We're happy you are living in Vermont in an awesome house living the dream!! Miss you guys!

First Day of School anticipation...

Abigail started off her first day of school with a good breakfast surrounded by family. She was also accompanied by Grandma, which made the day perfect for her!

Abigail is officially a pre-schooler

Abigail began preschool at Emmanuel Day School in Newport, Rhode Island. Her teacher is Ms. Terry and she's LOVES it.

First trip to the dentist!

Abigail had her first dental appointment and thankfully it was a fun experience. The first picture is of her and the receptionist having a little conversation. The next picture is right before the dentist came in. She was very curious but as you can see, a little apprehensive. We spent a lot of time reading a book about going to the dentist, so she had an idea about what was about to happen. The dentist showed her all the equipment and let her hold the parts and test them out...very cute. She had no cavities and won over the entire team of dentists and staff.

Hurricane Irene 2011

Here's an update about Hurricane Irene from our experience in Newport, RI. First of all, we're okay and all is well here. We were without power for a short time, but otherwise we had a ton of fun "camping" and hanging out as a family during the storm. Here's a picture the day the storms started their way up the East Coast. This was taken at Easton's Beach which is about two streets away from our house.

The calm before the storm...

Before the storm set in we made a stop at Nickolai's for pizza, went on a bike ride, stopped by the marina we sail from and had some playground time. As you can see some people boarded up their windows as a safety precaution and overall the community took a level-headed, organized approach to their storm preparation. We were very prepared (as you all can imagine). :0)