Fall festivities and visit with the Purcells

We love all things about fall. The weather, the changing colors, and fun activities that come with it. During the fall, we also pull out puzzles. The first one the kids wanted to do this year was their cat puzzle. They worked on it for a few days, and discovered there were some pieces that didn’t make it from Turkey.

The elementary school held a trunk or treat the week before Hallloween. Benjamin dressed up as an animae character and Eliza was Ariel from the Little Mermaid.

On actual Halloween, the kids went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. It was their first Halloween in the US since they were infants. They caught onto the concept quickly, and came home with a lot of candy. Caleb went trick or treating with another friend in the neighborhood, and Benjamin went trick or treating with a group of friends and a few parents. Eliza and I joined them for a little while, and came home when Eliza was tired, and Nathan stayed at the house to pass out candy to all the kids. It was a fun evening, and they brought home so much candy that we ate it for probably the next month. 

Caleb was Tanjiro from the animae Demon Slayer

Benjamin was Zenitsu from the animae Demon Slayer

Eliza was a cute witch.

In early November, Mark and Betty came to visit for the week. I had to go out of town for a few days and they also helped us with the kids that week. Grandma helped Eliza with a Thanksgiving  project to hide a turkey - they did a good job!

Another day they went to Skyzone…the kids favorite place!

Another day they met up with Ron and Nancy for lunch then Ron and Nancy came back to our house for a visit to see Nathan and the kids. 

Another day, Nathan and I unpacked some boxes and Mark and Betty took the kids to the Air and Space Museum by Dulles Airport. They have a nice observatory over looking the runway where you can watch planes take off and land.

Standing in front of one’s of the space shuttles - it is a very impressive museum.

And the best part of the museum (according to the kids) is the iMax theater.

They were here to see Caleb and Benjamin do jitsu, Caleb and Eliza’s gymnastics, and Benjamin’s last two soccer games. It was a fun visit and we are thankful they could come be with us for the week and have some time to relax during their stay.