Pumpkin Day, Fall Festival & Halloween

Like most of the Northern hemisphere we are in the midst of Autumn or Fall. This is my favourite season and it's so nice to see one again after India's distinct lack of seasons, hers being hot, wet and hot, hotter and stinking hot.

North Carolina's vast amount of trees have been treating us to spectactular shows of colour over the last couple of weeks and there are so many trees here, it gives a new perspective on the saying 'Can't see the wood for the trees' here you 'Can't see a view for the trees'. One thing I have noticed as the leaf fall progresses is that we do actually have a couple of neighbours in the distance through the woods. We can also more easily see the Deer that visit our garden, Luke calls then Beers! We had hoped to make it over to the mountains in the West to see the colours but that hasn't happened this year but we did make it out to the beach for a days play in the sand.


With the onset of the Fall there have been a few events at school firstly Johnny Appleseed Day , a Pumpkin Party, an evening Fall Festival and of course everything was rounded off nicely with Halloween last Saturday.

For Ellie and Luke's first time Trick or Treating you'd think they'd been doing it since the moment they were born and they didn't need telling twice, I think the motivation of sweets and chocolate helped a little bit perhaps? Ellie was going to dress as a Snow Princess but changed her mind at the last minute and if you asked Luke what he was dressed as his answer was 'Choo Choo'.

I was quietly surprised by just how many people get behind the Halloween event here and make a real effort for the children and create quite a social event in their neighbourhoods by decorating their houses and dressing up. Of course the real winners at the end of the day with alot of $$$'s being spent are the costume shops, sweet companies and eventually the dentists!

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