FAAN Walk

On Sunday, our family participated in the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) Walk for Food Allergy.  This was our third year joining the walk and it is always so heartening seeing so many kids of all ages who are thriving with food allergies.  Indigo enjoyed seeing other kids who have to eat the way she does.  She also really liked being able to visit each of the food booths and actually eat some of the samples-- unheard of for her anywhere else! 

Face painted and ready to walk.

Enjoying the free apples and the beautiful setting at Hopkinton State Park

Life is Good Festival

On Saturday our family headed over to Canton for the Life is Good Festival-- a two day music festival for families.  We had a great time spending the day in front of the stage in the kids' tent, rocking out to great musicians like Keller Williams and bands like The Lori Berkner Band, Imagination Movers and Ben Rudnick and Friends.  Afterward, we checked out the many fun activities for kids and ate some of the delicious food--which included lots of vegetarian and vegan options. 

The shuttle ride over to the site was the most loved part of the day.

The festival is held on a farm in the Blue Hills Reservation.  The rocky hills surrounding the site were so pretty.

It was so nice seeing music at a kid friendly festival.  Clever signs were posted throughout the grounds remind kids that they are welcome here

More fun signs

Julia Indigo rocking to the Imagination Movers

Willow dancing to the fun tunes of Keller Williams.

It was all too much excitement for Indigo.  She slept through Lori Berkner's set.

Yogibo kindly provided their awesome bags for the kids to lounge on in the kids' tent during the shows.  Not only were they amazingly comfortable (see the photo of Indigo sleeping above), but the colors were so pretty in the sunshine.

Wellesley Trails

Goodness, do I ever have a backlog of pictures and stories for this little site! 
Here are a few pictures from a little walk we took in Wellesley last weekend.  There are so many pretty little trails within the town.  This one enters a forest and then follows the banks of Morse Pond.  We stopped at a picturesque little spot that felt more like a campground than a city trail, and enjoyed the view and a little snack before returning home.

Hurricane Irene left some big obstacles across our path

We made our way through, though.

Picnic spot along the banks of Morse Pond

First Day of Kindergarten

This was actually taken the second day of school, when the parents are allowed in to the classrooms.