Hello all of you out there!
Well another week has wizzed past, can you believe how time flies? We are all fine and I hope you all are too. As most of you know Malcolm got back on Tuesday. He was supposed to be home at 5 p.m but the plane was delayed by an hour and he got caught in traffic so he only got here at 7 p.m! There were tons of "treats" from S.A. which was great. It is funny what you miss, I was dying for Bovril toast! So my diet shake went out the window Wednesday morning! We also got a few things from Holland, the kids each got a clog money box and some other toy which you look through and it distorts everything. I was spoilt with a pot stand (for decorative purposes only) and a spoon rest in the blue and white pottery. Now I want to collect as much as I can! I would love to have the pot stands he got decorating my kitche
n walls! On Wednesday he went to work, I tried my best to keep him home but he had to go in. On Thursday Jessica had her Halloween Parade and party at school. The entire school dresses up in their costumes and parades around the Osborn, a retirement village next to the school. All the parents line up outside the gates and cheer them through. Of course this all helps build up the excitement of Halloween for the kids! Malcolm and the girls also had to carve a pumpkin so that we could proudly display it outside our front door. On Friday it was Kirstin's turn to dress up and have a class party. Jessica stayed home because school was closed for her due to a teacher's conference for all teachers in Westchester County. Alice came over to play and I took them all to the park when I fetched Kirstin from school. They played for about 2 hours, until I could not stand to sit there any longer! Saturday.... and rugby at Robin's place! He has a dish and they have a pay per view system here, where if you want to watch the rugby you phone and give them your credit card number and they connect you. It was on at 10 a.m so, and no laughing please...we sipped tea and ate biscuits while we watched! It was rather strange as we kept thinking of all our S.A and European friends and supporters drinking beer and braaing wors! I said to Malcolm that if you could see us now you would all be laughing. On Saturday afternoon we just stayed home pottering around the house and trying to clean the windows which is virtually impossible. I bought this cleaner which you attach to a hose and spray on the windows, but it did not have the desired results. On Sunday Malcolm watched the France New Zealand game with Robin and came home with a ladder for me to try and clean the windows but the ladder does not reach! I think I am going to get a quote to see how much it will cost to have them cleaned! We also did some cleaning up in the bas
ement and then got the kids ready for Halloween. As most of you already know Kirstin was Princess Dot from A Bug's Life and Jessica was a Witch of the Web. They looked great. I drew a web on her face, just below her eye and a tiny spider dangling from it and then I put black eyeliner on her eyes and some mascara, dark lipstick completed the "look". Then the wig, (an 18 inch long black one) was put in place and she looked magnificent! I have taken pictures so I will have to get prints, in fact I can get them put on to e-mail when I get them developed which I am thinking of doing. Then we went to William's party which was also great fun. Louise (his mom) had made up a Halloween packet for each of the kids and there was a flashing light in each bag for the kids to wear around their necks to make them visible to people and traffic. Jessica's light was a Jack o' Lantern and Kirstin's was (Leon you will want this) a scream face from the movie! When everyone had arrived we all set off with our loot bags. Typically there was nobody home at the first house we visited, but they 
had left a bowl of candy outside the door. The next house was very prepared the had a table set up and the kids lined up went around the table got there treat and exited. Kirstin caught on very quickly and when we got to the next house she just ran off across the lawn! We decided to split up because there were just too many kids bombarding each house at once so the little kids "worked" one side of the street while the older kids did the other side. Kirstin and I went off with the "littlies" and Jessica and Malcolm carried on with the older kids. I had a good laugh at Kirstin she had such a ball running from house to house. Eventually she was knocking at the door, saying trick or treat with her bag held wide open for the treats she knew she was going to receive! We were out for an hour and a half and then went back to Louise's house (mansion) for pizza. Dave was mixing margaritas in the kitchen and when he ran out of that it was orange juice and after that was finished he used cranberry juice! They were all delicious though! There was "grown up food" (louise's words) in the dining room but I settled for pizza in the kitchen, where all the fun was! We left at about 8:30 and it was so funny walking back because the streets were already so quiet. The kids candy bags were rather heavy as were their eyelids because the clocks had been set back so it was really 9:30. I weighed their bags this morning and they weigh 1.250 kilograms each! Anyway this letter is a day late because of our evening out and you will only get it Tuesday because the time difference is now 7 hours! It is now dark by 5:30 p.m, can you believe it! Oh I must also add that the weather last night was brilliant, I did not even need a jersey! Today I am wearing jeans and a T-shirt because it is nice and warm outside. Apparently the cold will return around Wednesday, just in time for Angus and Marianne's arrival! They are staying until Sunday and we are all very excited to see them! Well I guess that is about that as far as my news for the week goes so have a good one and enjoy the sun! Lots of love Nats
Well another week has wizzed past, can you believe how time flies? We are all fine and I hope you all are too. As most of you know Malcolm got back on Tuesday. He was supposed to be home at 5 p.m but the plane was delayed by an hour and he got caught in traffic so he only got here at 7 p.m! There were tons of "treats" from S.A. which was great. It is funny what you miss, I was dying for Bovril toast! So my diet shake went out the window Wednesday morning! We also got a few things from Holland, the kids each got a clog money box and some other toy which you look through and it distorts everything. I was spoilt with a pot stand (for decorative purposes only) and a spoon rest in the blue and white pottery. Now I want to collect as much as I can! I would love to have the pot stands he got decorating my kitche
n walls! On Wednesday he went to work, I tried my best to keep him home but he had to go in. On Thursday Jessica had her Halloween Parade and party at school. The entire school dresses up in their costumes and parades around the Osborn, a retirement village next to the school. All the parents line up outside the gates and cheer them through. Of course this all helps build up the excitement of Halloween for the kids! Malcolm and the girls also had to carve a pumpkin so that we could proudly display it outside our front door. On Friday it was Kirstin's turn to dress up and have a class party. Jessica stayed home because school was closed for her due to a teacher's conference for all teachers in Westchester County. Alice came over to play and I took them all to the park when I fetched Kirstin from school. They played for about 2 hours, until I could not stand to sit there any longer! Saturday.... and rugby at Robin's place! He has a dish and they have a pay per view system here, where if you want to watch the rugby you phone and give them your credit card number and they connect you. It was on at 10 a.m so, and no laughing please...we sipped tea and ate biscuits while we watched! It was rather strange as we kept thinking of all our S.A and European friends and supporters drinking beer and braaing wors! I said to Malcolm that if you could see us now you would all be laughing. On Saturday afternoon we just stayed home pottering around the house and trying to clean the windows which is virtually impossible. I bought this cleaner which you attach to a hose and spray on the windows, but it did not have the desired results. On Sunday Malcolm watched the France New Zealand game with Robin and came home with a ladder for me to try and clean the windows but the ladder does not reach! I think I am going to get a quote to see how much it will cost to have them cleaned! We also did some cleaning up in the basement and then got the kids ready for Halloween. As most of you already know Kirstin was Princess Dot from A Bug's Life and Jessica was a Witch of the Web. They looked great. I drew a web on her face, just below her eye and a tiny spider dangling from it and then I put black eyeliner on her eyes and some mascara, dark lipstick completed the "look". Then the wig, (an 18 inch long black one) was put in place and she looked magnificent! I have taken pictures so I will have to get prints, in fact I can get them put on to e-mail when I get them developed which I am thinking of doing. Then we went to William's party which was also great fun. Louise (his mom) had made up a Halloween packet for each of the kids and there was a flashing light in each bag for the kids to wear around their necks to make them visible to people and traffic. Jessica's light was a Jack o' Lantern and Kirstin's was (Leon you will want this) a scream face from the movie! When everyone had arrived we all set off with our loot bags. Typically there was nobody home at the first house we visited, but they had left a bowl of candy outside the door. The next house was very prepared the had a table set up and the kids lined up went around the table got there treat and exited. Kirstin caught on very quickly and when we got to the next house she just ran off across the lawn! We decided to split up because there were just too many kids bombarding each house at once so the little kids "worked" one side of the street while the older kids did the other side. Kirstin and I went off with the "littlies" and Jessica and Malcolm carried on with the older kids. I had a good laugh at Kirstin she had such a ball running from house to house. Eventually she was knocking at the door, saying trick or treat with her bag held wide open for the treats she knew she was going to receive! We were out for an hour and a half and then went back to Louise's house (mansion) for pizza. Dave was mixing margaritas in the kitchen and when he ran out of that it was orange juice and after that was finished he used cranberry juice! They were all delicious though! There was "grown up food" (louise's words) in the dining room but I settled for pizza in the kitchen, where all the fun was! We left at about 8:30 and it was so funny walking back because the streets were already so quiet. The kids candy bags were rather heavy as were their eyelids because the clocks had been set back so it was really 9:30. I weighed their bags this morning and they weigh 1.250 kilograms each! Anyway this letter is a day late because of our evening out and you will only get it Tuesday because the time difference is now 7 hours! It is now dark by 5:30 p.m, can you believe it! Oh I must also add that the weather last night was brilliant, I did not even need a jersey! Today I am wearing jeans and a T-shirt because it is nice and warm outside. Apparently the cold will return around Wednesday, just in time for Angus and Marianne's arrival! They are staying until Sunday and we are all very excited to see them! Well I guess that is about that as far as my news for the week goes so have a good one and enjoy the sun! Lots of love Nats 
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