Swensen Sentral

So we decided to spend Friday night at the greatest store on earth...COSTCO! It's great because it's got electronics for Rick, home decor for me, and toys for the kids! I like pushing them together in the 2-seater "carraige" as new-englanders call them. Here they are looking around. Still looking around. Oh, they finally noticed me. Chase goes in for the hug in front of the camera to prove he's a good brother. As you can see, it's usually a neck squeeze and Amelie gets a little nervous. Phew! Glad that's over. It's ok mom, I still have my head.

New England has the most beautiful colors of leaves this time of year. We've heard so much about them that we decided to go "leaf-peeping" as they call it on Saturday morning. Here's what we found. Driving through roads like this was one of our favorites. It made us forget about the world and get lost in the simple beauty of the earth. We happened upon these deer and had to get a picture. This tree was all 4 colors at once: fire red, orange, yellow, and green. Even the freeway is a gorgeous drive. On the way home we stopped at this pumpkin farm. Chase chose his very own pumpkin, but it took him a while. He kept touching one and saying "no", then he'd go to the next one and touch it and say "no". He was in heaven.

Amelie does not like to lean back. Even when I put her in the highchair to play with her toys she sits forward and peeks through. Of course she LOOOVES to suck on anything in her hands now too. This toy is a favorite because it vibrates when she bites on it. (Thanks Nana!)

Chase turned 2 years old on June 17th. I can't believe 2 years has gone! He had fun swimming and eating cake with his friends.

Chase and Amelie are really starting to play with each other and it is so cute. They love to lay on my bed and watch the cars go by outside. Chase says "Amelie, see cars? Amelie, see trees?" and she just watches him with admiration.

Steve came to visit so we went downtown to the park (this is the big park downtown. It is called Boston Common because it use to be the common grazing ground for residents to bring their livestock to feed). Make Way for Ducklings statue Swan Pond Boston Babies

One of Chase's favorite things to do is crawl around on the floor very stealthily and roar like a lion. Well you can imagine how much fun he had wearing his friend's old Halloween costume. Actually, he got bored of it very quickly but I sure had fun taking pictures. He had a hayday for about 2 minutes and then decided he was more interested in watching Nemo.