"The Land of Mums" Princeton, NJ

Robin, Mark & Finn Lyles live just outside Princeton, New Jersey. And even though it's far away from family and bitter cold in the winter, it was so nice. I expected the stereotypical New Jersey (you know what I'm talking about) but instead enjoyed the beautiful countryside, quaint little towns, and great community spaces. I am that new mom that's just beginning to notice things like sidewalks, playgrounds, green space, elevator locations, restaurants that do and do not have high chairs or diaper changing stations. So with new mom perspective...I liked New Jersey!! The leaves are starting to change, the air was crisp, and there were mums as far as the eye can see. I have never seen so many mums in all my life.

For the record, Wade and I did not mean to match in our green hoodies. This was just the only warm piece of clothing I had with me :)I only had to take 72 pictures to get this one. Gotta love digital cameras. Wade discovers leaves and how much fun it is to chew on them...
...until he stick the stem in first...
...and realizes leaves aren't that fun to chew onWade kicking Lily in the head on the swings

On Saturday, my friend Paula took the train from Manhattan to see us in NJ. She met Wade when he was 1 day old, but hadn't seen him since. Paula was such a good sport to hang with us and the babies all day!!

We all ventured out to a local farm having a fall festival. We visited the Pumpkin Patch, petted Alpacas, and had a picnic in the apple orchard.
Did I mention there were mums??Wade just thinks it's a big dog...This is a baby Alpaca. Does anyone know what a baby Alpaca is called?? Anyone, anyone? It's called a "cria" (pronounced like Kriya). Just a little tid bit I've picked up through my years of having a weird name.The pumpkin Wade is touching actually rolled off the platform onto Paula's foot. Ouch! How's your foot Paula?