This and that

End of September / beginning of October we helped out "across the river" as much as possible. Sarah's nanny was gone on a mission trip. Walking in the neighborhood is always an option. The boys love their bicycles. Do you see the deer on the right side in this photo?

Playing in the back yard is also a great option. There are plenty of toys including a tractor one of them is always driving around and the cool play set. Even Stella likes it.

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Papa is the best bed-time reader ever.

A couple of days we were there at 7 am. 

Here we are waiting for the school bus to bring Caleb back in the afternoon. 

On September 23 we had some time finally for James to get new glasses. Ha-ha, what do you see in the mirror when you are trying on a new frame? Not much because they don't have the proper prescription glass. Fuzzy! Good thing James had me. I took pictures of him, he then put his "old" glasses on and could study the photos ... and choose. As my mother used to say: "There is always a solution" (of course she said it in German, ha-ha).

More deer when we were leaving from babysitting. I always look for something to include in the letters to William which I try to write since he can read (starting in first grade).

This is another photo I took for William's letter. Papa uses this blue bowl every morning for breakfast. He got it (most likely from his grandmother) when he was about William's age. It gets hand washed (by him) afterwards.

I did do some sewing. Yeah (it's like therapy to me). But I did also some lace. The Colonial Lacemakers always demonstrate lacemaking one day at the Virginia State Fair. This time October 2. It was a lot of fun. 

Oh yes, we also finally got our new front sliding door installed. Three times we thought it would happen and had the table, chairs, curtain rod etc moved but twice we got disappointed. 

Oh yes, and there are perks living in a community like ours. Sometimes we have the opportunity to show up with "stuff" that needs to be shredded ... for free. This time it was a lot of stuff from Helen. It's rather expensive when you have to pay for it. 

And that is it in a nut shell. Always something going on.