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Exploring the Arboretum

My mom left yesterday morning, so now I'll be working on getting some pictures posted from all the fun things we did while she was here. "Marathon Monday" (formally known as Patriot's Day) is a big Boston holiday. It's pretty much impossible to get around the city via car or public transportation due to the marathon, so it's a holiday for many organizations. It was a hot April day and I had the day off so we headed to the Arboretum.

The kids were decked out in sun hats and sunglasses,


And they were excited to go exploring! 


Even though the kids walk 98% of the time on these types of outings, we still bring the wagon. We fill it with all of our stuff and they have fun pushing it. Being typical 2-year-olds, there is often a tantrum (or two!) thrown when it's time to end whatever very fun thing we're doing, so we also use the wagon as a twin extraction vehicle.


My mom hasn't been to the Arboretum since we got married there a few years ago, so she had a great time seeing it again.


Zoe and Silas had an awesome time checking out the flowers, rocks, sticks, and grass.


Mostly, we just enjoyed our beautiful surroundings.


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