Pumpkin Festivals!

Can't believe another week has gone by and that we have now been in the USA for over 6 months! And in 7 weeks time, my mother should be enjoying her stopover in London on her way to see us! We have made reservations at a hotel 4 blocks away from the White House, so we will have a few days to spend in Washington DC with her. We are looking forward to going back to Washington and this time, looking at some of the Museums we didn't get a chance to last time. Of course, everything will be new for my mom, and I still haven't got the heart to tell her, that the Bush's don't just invite the general public or tourists into the White House for tea ;-)

On Wednesday, I played in our 2nd league volleyball match and unfortunately we lost this one 1-2. But at least it wasn't due to our own incompetence, the other team were a better team than us! You know you are going to be playing a tough team, when their girls are as tall, if not taller than you are, and they are diving all over the indoor court during their warm ups!

This weekend, we had lovely weather. Liesel left at 8am to go to a Kiddies market. She came back with some excelent bargains, such as Fisher Price toys for Nath, and some lovely woolen jerseys and polo necks for him, as well as a Potty toilet! Yes, it seems like it is time to teach Nathan the art of tinkling and toilet-going! Watch this space for updates.....

On Saturday afternoon we went to a local Nursery where they were having a pumpkin Festival. They had a number of inflatable jumping castles and Slides, as well as a Hay maze set up on their premises. Not to mention the hundreds (literally) of pumpkins that were for sale for Halloween! The nursey had a huge property that had a small dam (with ducks) and a paddock area witha horse and goat in it. They were also offering hay rides around the property and we took Nathan on one. He loved it, as the trailer was pulled by this antique tractor around the property. Nathan was very quick to point out the ducks, goat and horse to us and we slowly rolled past them!

Sunday, was another beautiful day, and as per usual, we headed off to Church. I took the video camera in the car with me so I could video some of area around us, and the route to church which is lined with trees starting to change colours for fall. People must have thought we were crazy driving with the video camera sticking out of the sun roof! Don't worry, Liesel drove while I was filming :-D I haven't had time to put the clips together yet, but I should have some clips up before next week's blog!

This evening we went to our first FLOCKS (Bible Study) group at some people's house just down the road from us. We had a great time with the people there, but we were even more amazed at how Nathan just seamlessly integrated with the other children there!!! He is growing up so quickly, as we realized tonight that he can be left alone (with a babysitter of course!) and keep himself occupied. He is not old enough to interact with the older kids yet, but he has no problem being around them!!! He makes us sooo proud.

As for this week ahead, a triple cold front is hitting us later this week, and the forecasters have even mentioned snow!!!! All I say is, "Bring it on!!!"

Here are some pictures of the Autumn colours. First one is Liesel's car underneath a tree that has now turned yellow.