Girls' Bedroom Reconfigured

The girls have a large bedroom here (not that they always stay there the whole night).  It used to have two crib mattresses on the floor and a king size bed.

We removed the crib mattresses, broke the king bed into two twins, and brought in two desks, which Cecilia and her siblings used when they were young.

Birthday

Today, Cecilia celebrated her birthday - a round number.  She and Harald prepared the dinner of steaks, Swiss chard, and scalloped potatoes.  Here we are in our usual seats at the dinner table, with candle light for the occasion.

The girls were singing Happy Birthday to her early this morning.

AND, Harold made a very chocolate birthday cake:

Apple Fest

On Saturday, we went to an 'apple fest' 9 miles south of Charlottesville.  There were about 20 vendors of foods, wool, art, etc.  And there was live music.

One big feature was the hay ride.  There was a tractor pulling this cart.  The 20 minute trek was very bumpy and up and down steep hills, through the woods.  We sure got our money's worth!

Here we are on the hay ride.

At the exit, there was a very large booth where they were selling locally grown apples.  We bought a lot.

Halloween

The girls went to Sherwood Ave, which has become the big trick or treat location in Staunton.  The mommies wore witch hats.  The girls had shed much of their outfits by the time we took these pictures.