Study Break

Everybody here knows Amit is really good at studying. He is so disciplined and can focus easily. (I wish I had that ability - I definitely can never stay focused.) But even the most studious among us need a break every now and then. Sometimes on his breaks we watch TV, or play a game, or even just talk. However, on special breaks we get to enjoy something special... Last night it was an apple crisp.

While Amit studied, I baked!

And this is what was waiting for Amit on his break...

Yum!

Our New Saturday Night

Wondering what we do in a wonderful city like Boston on a Saturday night? Me too!

Since the boards are so close (November 30 - pray that day!), our weekends are remarkably like the weekdays... We find something fun to do every weekend, but most evenings consist of the following:

Amit studying his dental decks, which are HUGE, its unbelievable how much they are expected to know! He also spends time studying old lecture notes and his study guide for the boards.

So what do I do to kill time? Well, sometimes I watch TV, but mostly I read, surf the internet, scrapbook with our wedding photos, work on our blog (like right now!), but I do have a new hobby.

I'm teaching myself how to knit! I have no idea how it will turn out, but hopefully I can figure it out on my own. ;-)

 So we got the rest of the Halloween pictures from Melissa... Bad news. Amit has his eyes closed in EVERY photo! Take a look -

At least I looked cute!!! Amit was a very handsome cowboy, though... even with his eyes closed.

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween!!!

We had two days of Halloween fun, mostly because several of our friends here absolutely love Halloween. On Friday we went to our friends church for a chili cook-off and trunk or treating. I think Halloween is always way more fun when there are kids involved, on Friday they were plentiful! The chili was delicious, John made a spicy chili but didn't win the cook-off (BOO!), but the best part of the night was seeing all the kids in their costumes! I forgot my camera (oops!) but the two of us weren't dressed up anyway. We figured we'd save the big reveal for the 31st.

On Saturday we headed to Beacon Hill, where Derrick and Mel had everyone over for scones and cider. It was delicious and we had a lot of fun visiting and admiring everyone's costumes. I apologize for the lack of photos of the two of us, I'll post some once I get them.

My handsome cowboy!

Melissa was a mime... and Abby's loving it! 

Once we were full and had eaten enough scones, we headed outside to go trick-or-treating. In Beacon Hill, they close off some of the streets so that everyone can go from house to house safely. The homes were beautiful, it was great to be able to see inside of the ones who left their lights on. Some entryways were elaborately decorated, which was really cool!

John made these amazing planets (and moon) himself!

Amit loved being a cowboy, complete with a real rope! 

One stop had its own little courtyard, but we could 

only get to it by walking through the tunnel.

Melissa helped give Abby a lift. 

The two of them are so cute!

Here's the long-awaited photo of the solar system!

Aidan and Abby didn't want to stop getting candy to pose for me.

Melissa was a very fun mime!

Amit and Derrick had fun fighting... It looks like the knight won.

Amit's favorite part of the whole night?

Getting to rope me
(although me in pigtails was probably a close second)

Well, that was our very fun Halloween...
Can't wait to hear your stories!

Thanks to Krissy for inspiring our Halloween getup!

BU Hockey

Halloween isn't only for the kids, we had quite the busy night. Amit and Derrick got the tickets from one of their professors, so after a little trick-or-treating we headed to BU's main campus to watch the game. There was no way we were missing this game... Our seats were center ice, ninth row!

#11 was in our class at SHS, until he left to play hockey

It was a good game, we had a lot of fun. It was really eventful, because Amit's remo professor, who was sitting in the row in front of us, got hit in the arm by the puck! She wasn't hurt too bad, just sore, but Derrick offered her his armor in case it would happen again.

Derrick & Mel

Amit is having a great time

I promise to post pictures from Halloween soon, there were some great costumes in our group! I didn't take any of the two of us, so once I swap photos I will post them!