Elan's first hurricane

This weekend hurricane Irene hit Boston.  Even though the hurricane didn't officially hit until Sunday, most of Saturday was rainy also.  We didn't feel like staying inside all weekend so we grabbed our rain gear and went shopping. 

Elan loves running around stores and hiding from us.  He is getting pretty quick too so it really keeps us on our toes!  Elan climbed into the middle of a rack of shirts.  He thought he was so clever!

Around 11am on Sunday we lost power at the house.  A tree fell on our neighbor's house and another neighbor had a tree fall on their cars and take out the power lines for the street.  The wind was pretty strong so we had lunch and Elan took his nap in the basement  We lucked out because our neighbor let us plug our fridge into his generator because the electric company said it would be a few days before the power would be restored.  We also lucked out because our house and cars didn't have any damage.

Boston Harbor Islands

Today we decided to visit one of the Boston Harbor Islands.  After breakfast we took the ferry to Spectatel Island, which is one of the 30+ islands in the Boston harbor.  Elan was really excited to go on the boat.  Also as we sailed under the flight path for logan airport so Elan got to watch planes take off, which he thought was really exciting. 

Once we were on Spectatel Island we hiked up to the top of North Drummond which is the highest point of all the harbor islands, which realy wasn't that high but we did have great views of the city and other islands as well as getting to watch more airplanes take off.

After spending some time on top of the hill we went down to the beach to play in the water.  A storm came across the island so we weren't able to play that long but luckily there was live Jazz music near the visitor's center so we relaxed and listened to the music for a while.  We were hoping that Elan would take a nap but we weren't so lucky so we got on a ferry around 2pm and headed back to Boston.  Elan fell asleep in the car very quickly and napped the entire ride home.  Elan usually picks out a car to take to bed every night.  However, tonight he went to sleep with one of his boats.  I think he had a good day!

Busy Weekend

This weekend was quite busy even though we didn't get a chance to take many pictures.  On Saturday we went to the town beach.  There is only one more weekend that the town beach is open for the summer so we thought we take advantage of the nice day and play at the beach.  After Elan's nap we went to a friend's house for a BBQ.  Elan left the BBQ not only with a full stomach but with a push car.  He was so excited that he wouldn't let go even as we walked to the car.

On Sunday I had a race.  It was rainy so Elan couldn't play in the sand and lake but after the race we went to a teammate's house for another BBQ.  Elan had a great time playing with all the toys and in a sandbox.  Lucky for us the rain ended for the BBQ so we were able to play outside.

Discovery Day at Drumlin Farms

On Saturday morning we went to Drumlin Farms for their annual Discovery Day.  Drumlin Farms is part of the Mass Audubon Society.  They had a tractor pull, animal shows, obstacle courses for kids and access to all the other great things the farm has to offer.  With everything that they had going on, we thought it was rather funny that all Elan was interested in was the rocks.  He spent a lot of time picking up rocks and putting them in the stroller or climbing on rocks.  He did get excited when we saw birds..but then quickly went back to the excitement of the rocks.