Kara Talk

One fine summer day

One summer day in August we took the T to explore downtown boston. Kaden enjoyed the ride on the subway train through the dark and over the water.  Tim had heard from other about this eatery called Sam Lagrassas  was pretty good. So we had to try for ourselves. 

We ordered the Chipotle pastrami sandwich which was recommended by one of the workers at the place. Definitely didn’t not disappoint. It was tasty and the meat seem to melt in my mouth. The flavors  were a perfect combination. 

While we ate lunch, the kids enjoyed playing on the grass at Boston Common ground. 

We came upon a splash pad and ofcourse the kids and daddy couldn’t resist. 

In goes Kara…..

then in goes Kaden….

Next we walked down to the waterfront 

Enjoyed a short break from our walk by the water

On our walk back towards the T we found another water fountain……

And ofcourse the kids again had to check it out. 

The kids had a grand ole time running around the fountain. Too bad we didn’t have a spare change of clothes. Kara traveled home in her diaper but good thing she had her blanket. 

And onto my favorite subject….FOOD. Somethings we made recently….

Caramel corn! mmm.

Panfried seafood noodles. YUM! One of my favorite chinese dishes. 

If you’re happy and you know it.

Grade school classroom nostalgia

Lil miss Kara

Little 19 month old Kara is growing up fast. She’s started to utter more distinct words like mommy, daddy, gogo (big bro), eh’go! (here you go), uh huh (yes), no, pei pei (blankie), thank you, welcome…..

Her fave past times include reading, watching cartoons, dancing, swinging at the playground, going down the slide, peekaboo, running around the house in her diaper, 

She’s a happy soul. And especially when’s she eating a yummy meal. It usually follows with a dancing jig following each bite. 🙂

We love our Lil MISS Kara. 

Rated one of top 20 nation’s best trick or treat at Beacon Hill

Since we were only here in Boston for one year we knew needed to get the best experience for trick or treating. Boston was ranked as the second best city for trick or treating with Beacon Hill at top of the Boston cities list.  We took the T and met Tim after work at MGH and walked over to Beacon Hill. Streets were blocked off and there were plenty of costumed children and adults throughout the few blocks that we walked. 

There were cool cobblestone narrow streets with many houses offering treats. 

Spooky houses

Father and son bull rider

Tons of people on this narrow street. Hard to navigate with a stroller but so much fun. 

It’s BATMAN!

One of my fave costumes. She even had apps on the front screen. too bad couldnt get a pic. 

Kara quite enjoyed the trick or treating experience. She did not once hesitate when she saw the buckets full of candy. 

Waiting for the T

Home at last enjoying a nights work filled with sweety bounty

We sure love halloween over here!

Ward Halloween Party

Our ward had a halloween party chilli cook off tonight and there tons with costumed kids and even a good amount of adults. Sadly Tim and I didn’t dress up. But our kids did. 

Kids learning some dance moves 

Our friends Sarah and Chad in their gumball costume. So cute and creative!

The children costume parade 

Time for trick or treating, the kids favorite part. 

Hurricane Sandy

 Hurricane Sandy began taking effect here in Boston starting around 2pm. The wind gust grew and the rain was light but it started pouring throughout the afternoon and early evening. The leaves were blown off the branches as the branches swayed in the wind. 

On saturday night we bought a flashlight and the morning of the storm went to get a few canned foods. The grocery store was completely out of water. 

The kids experiencing their first hurricane. 

Not soon after the blackout we heard loud buzzing noise and I looked out the window to see three large bright green sparks behind the garage across the street. It must have been from the transformer. Kind of scary. 

Daddy went out to survey the area and repark the car before the storm got worse. 

When 245pm hit the electricity went out.  I decided to take a nap while Tim watched the kids. They took advantage of that time and carved the pumpkin while there was still light outside. 

Carved on the other side of the pumpkin on Sunday,

The power remained out the entire rest of the day. We used a battery operated light I bought from the dollar store a few months prior.

 It was very odd to see the entire block without light. Some apartments had candles or flashlights. Life without all our electronics. It was actually kind of liberating to get away from all those things. We spent time running around the dark apartment playing bear hunt and whatever ideas we could come up with.

Surveying the damage the following day

This around the corner from our house. A pole snapped in half onto the street. 

Branches everywhere on the ground. 

 A large branch of the tree fell onto the playground outside our apartment complex.  

branch of the gingko tree. No one got hurt. 

Today is a beautiful warm day despite the prior day’s storm. No deaths or major injuries reported in Massachusetts. I’m just glad we’re all safe. 

Edaville USA

This past Saturday we drove an hour south to Edaville USA in Carver, MA. It’s basically a small amusement park geared towards kids and also had a choo choo train ride. The kiddos dressed up in costume and got to trick or treat along each amusement ride. It was fun! 

Kaden this year is a pilot. He told me he wanted to be an airplane and when i saw this costume I couldn’t resist. So cute! Found the avaitor hat off a chinese distributer on ebay and I LOVE IT. The googles are adorable. 

Kind of bright in the sunlight. 

Our little pilot. 

Our sweet cupcake. 

The perfect ride for Kaden. Ready for takeoff!  Gear, CHECK! googles, CHECK!

Soaring on Jumbo

Next onto the MOON!

 We all got to ride the caterpiller ride together. Nice and snuggly

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The train ride was a bit slow still fun. 

We got to meet spooky conductor

Lastly Kaden requested to ride the ferris wheel. First time for everything. 

Buckle up and hold onto the bar…

Kaden wasn’t at all afraid while up on top. If I was his age I’m not sure if i’d go on the ferris wheel. brave boy. 

The leaves on the trees are fallin down, fallin down, fallin down all through the fall

We came home from picking Kaden up from preschool one afternoon and once we parked the car, Kaden got out and asked if we could walk in the pile of leaves on the side of the street. Well who could say no to such a fun request. We quickly dropped off some things in the house, got my camera and quickly walked over to our mountain of crunchy leaves. 

Kara was hesitant at first to jump in but once she saw all the fun kaden was having she got right in. 

Living in the city growing up there weren’t too many trees in the neighborhood so I never had to rake leaves or come upon piles of leaves like this, so when I see one, just can’t help it! Reliving the childhood fun that I never had! 🙂

I even jumped in a couple of times on the fun but unfortunately lost my lens cap in the process. Must have fell out of my hoodie pocket pocket. Good thing it’s not too expensive. Had to order a generic one on ebay but only costed a couple of bucks. Hope it comes soon because my lens needs some protecting…

While we were on the leaves I noticed the landscaping truck coming by and they were waiting for us to be done with our little adventure. All the leaves were sucked up by the black hose within the hour. Bye bye crunchy leaves. It was fun while it lasted!