Mia likes Broccoli

So far Mia's favorite vegetable has been softly cooked carrots - and they are not too many other vegetables an her personal top 10 list. The other days she discovered that she also likes broccoli - at least the tender ends.

Jamestown

After our stay in the Great Wolf lodge we headed to the Jamestown settlement just a 10 minute drive away. The weather was beautiful with sunshine and summer like temperatures. Also there was a lot to see.
First one could explore an Indian village

Then there were replicas of the the ships on which the settlers had arrived in the April of 1607. Thy wee surprisingly small. One could walk around on two of them and explore above and below deck.

 Guides explained how live was on those ships or how they were made waterproof

Then there was also a rebuild version of the first settlement - including some free range chicken

Ha showed how to carry water buckets with a special carrier

 Of course the children wanted to try as well

Great Wolf Lodge

Together with Erika, Jacob and their parents we spent two days at an indoor water park in Williamsburg, Va. Mia enjoyed the smaller water slides and tried all the different pools

There was also a story time in the evening in front of the big fire place in the lobby

 

What the kids maybe enjoyed most was to the be able to play together. Erika and Jacob ware very busy during the week and Mia can't spend much time with them anymore.
Jacob shared some candy

In the evening Mia showed Jacob the book about bugs she had brought along espcially for him

Before heading to the pool again the next morning there was some jumping around on the beds

Oktoberfest

This year Mia's school had another Oktoberfest. Of course there was no beer but moon bouncing, cupcakes and other highlights for kids. Mia met a friend from her class at the playground and she showed her how to slide down from a really high pole

Mia also enjoyed the clown who made a purple bunny out of a ballon for her

Fall

Mia arranged some pumpkins in front of our apartment  door for a nice fall decoration.

Its also time to  try out a scarf for these cold fall days

Jacob's Birthday Party

Mia got a really nice surprise on Saturday evening when Jacob's mother knocked at our door to invite her to a little birthday party for Jacob. He had picked a very nice chocolate cake a Whole Foods and wanted Mia to come over to have a piece. The only other person that got invited was Luca but at least we got to see a picture.
It was also a good weekend to spend outside: Saturday evening we stayed at a park until it was almost dark and Sunday we saw the beaver, an eagle and other animals at the zoo.

Larriland Farm

This weekend we checked out a farm in Maryland - a trip we all enjoyed.
First we checked out a maze made of haystacks. Fortunately we found the way out

After Mia posed as a monster we had some lunch and tried the hayride.

There were also some goats Mia could feed

After that we headed to the fields for some spinach and apple picking

Of course we tried an apple fresh from the tree and it tasted really good. The spinach we had in the evening and one could tell it was really fresh. We might go there again later this month