Fall Fun in the DMV

Fall is just forking awesome in these parts.

A few weeks ago I took Jo to Hillwood Estate and Gardens for a preschool program, and while that was meh, it's been on my bucket list as a destination to see the past two years. The grounds were beautiful and the foliage quite pretty. She saw a turtle in the pond so everyone left happy ;)

We've enjoyed fall festivals at schools, at pumpkin patches-both as a family and school field trips.

And I've lived out a dream of having a kids' Halloween party complete with corny games and festive foods.

And now the Dodgers are the NLCS Champs and again battling it out in the World Series!  It's a good season!

Playing Catch Up

Apparently when your child starts kindergarten and you move to a new house, and manage a property 3,000 miles away, life moves at about 120 miles per hour.

Before summer officially closed its doors, we had a lemonade stand with our neighbors, visited a vintage amusement park that's been reincarnated, celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, moved into a new 100-year-old (temporary) rowhouse, and someone turned FIVE years old.

To close out September we watched "Return of the Jedi" on the lawn of the Library of Congress, where a few other friends dropped by, and toasted to our second anniversary of living here.

It's been a busy, emotional and rather crazy month!

Bring on fall-we are ready for you Halloween!