October brought the beginning of fall, and all things fall
fun!
We enjoyed playing with our friends at school and at church
this month. We had lots of fun
learning new things in our dance and swim classes. At home, we continue to work on letter practice and building
masterpieces with large blocks!
And on warm days we had fun playing outdoors, biking, and putting up
Halloween decorations
We had a great family fun day at Cox Farms Fall Festival one
weekend, and enjoyed a beautiful family hike on the Cross County Trail the
next. We spent warm days playing
and hiking in our neighborhood and exploring some of the new paths being
completed. We even stumbled across
the opening ceremony for the new bike path that connects our street directly to
the bike path the next!
And oh my, we had SO much Halloween fun! We chose to dress up as Chuggington
trains together. Christopher was
“Wilson” and Katharine was “Koko”, while Mommy and Daddy were mechanics. We trick-or-treated in our costumes at
the “Air and Scare” event at the Air and Space Museum. We attended our very first concert at
the Kennedy Center – “The Whodunit Mystery” of the Missing Tuba, played by the
National Symphony Orchestra! We
got to wear our costumes for trick or treating and tried out all instruments we
could at the “Instrument Petting Zoo” beforehand. AND the student performer who had taken the missing tuba
turned out to be one of Mommy’s students, and we got to watch him perform with
the NSO!
We marched in our very first Halloween Parade, a Vienna
tradition - what a thrilling, but very late night! We remembered to make
jack-o-lanterns on the eve of Halloween - Whew! On Halloween Day, we marched in the costume parade at our
school, and then Trick-Or-Treated in our neighborhood, after their annual
kick-off party. When we got home,
we were thrilled to pass out candy to the kids still making rounds on our
street.
Next on our list is to prepare for the time-change, the end
of fall, and the upcoming holiday season.
We are so excited to look forward to snow, but for now, revel in
marching through and kicking up the leaves, and trying to catch them as they
fall.
We hope you are enjoying a wonderful fall, and please enjoy
our favorite photos from this month!
Love,
Christopher and Katharine
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