Pawtuckaway and Hopkinton.. two fun days!

Labor Day weekend!  We were completely free to do whatever we wanted!  It was quite exciting.  True to form we spent the actual Labor Day.. laboring!  We got a lot of yard work done!  But the first part of the weekend was all fun and games!  We decided to go to Pawtuckaway State Park, it was a nice day and they have a few options on things to do!  We decided to have lunch first.. which was delayed a bit because the kids wanted to play in the water.. The initial plan was to eat lunch, do a hike, then come back to the beach and put on bathing suits and swim... turns out you should never plan anything :)

Notice the dragonfly on Cora's head!!? haha!  Three kids means three heads.. which means disagreement.  The two younger ones wanted to play in the water, Caden wanted to play on the playground.. so I took water duty.. clothes, not suits.. and amazingly they stayed fairly dry!

Rob took playground duty (it was hot in the sun!)  

Finally we met on the playground and played  bit more before we decided it was time for our hike... hike being a relative term.. Cole is instantly tired, and while Cora is a trooper we can't go too far because a two year old just isn't ready to hike long distances.. and well, we all know she is too big to carry!!

So we went on more of a walk.. Caden and I found interesting things to take pictures of.  It is fun to have a photo buddy!

These water bugs were interesting!

We saw LOTS of mushrooms

Our crazy kids!

Alligator tree

Our little Amazon woman!  We made it!  Probably not much more than a mile, but we all walked it!  Rogers' family in training for.. hmmm, maybe just a little bit longer hike!

Sunday we checked out the Hopkinton Fair.. The Sevins are seasoned veterans to this fair and gave us a tip to go early!  Great idea, because we avoided a bunch of the crowds.. AND a lot of the heat.  By the time we left it was super crowded and SUPER hot.. ugh not a fan!  But we are of course fans of fair food.  While Rob and Caden were off getting fried dough Cole and Cora shared a cotton candy.