Jessica made these outfits at school for Thanksgiving...
Well I guess my letter is long overdue now, I will concede that once a week was a bit optimistic as I had no special news to tell. But this week has been a lot of fun with Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. But let's go back a bit first.....On Saturday (a week ago) Kirstin had a temp of 104, which is just over 40C. We just gave her Tylenol and undressed her and let her lie downstairs with us while we hoped and prayed that her temperature would subside. It did within 30 minutes to our relief. On Sunday Dorota invited us to there place for coffee at 3 p.m so that we could chat about Thanksgiving dinner. The kids love going there and they ran around with Adam and Michael while we sat around chatting. We ended up staying at their place for dinner and ordering the first decent Chinese food since our arrival here. Jessica and Kirstin love the rice so they have a really healthy dinner when we get Chinese (oozing sarcasm). But I guess that it is better than Mc Donalds. During the rest of the week I did some shopping for Thanksgiving day and received a free turkey from A&P for spending $250 during the past month. It weighed more than Kirstin, well almost, 22 pounds worth of turkey. I am keeping it for Christmas because Dorota is cooking the turkey for Thanksgiving Day. I also bought a new dinner service, an 8 piece set for $50, I needed a new set for the table as I have 3 partial sets and I really wanted one full set. On Wednesday Jessica finished school at 2 p:m for the Thanksgiving Day weekend because a lot of people travel to their families, it is the most travelled holiday/ long weekend in the USA. I did most of the cooking on Wednesday evening because I really wanted to relax and enjoy my day on Thursday. We had decided to eat at about 5p:m so Robin, Darota
and family came around at about 3, Sharon and Brett arrived a couple of hours before them. I had set the table in the morning and we had a lot of traditional foods and decorations. Traditional items included: Indian Corn (for decoration, it has multi coloured kernels), candy, fruits and nuts and then of course the foods for the meal itself. I made a Butternut Soup with croutons for Starters and we had carrots, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower cheese, acorn squash, roast and mashed potatoes and of course turkey. Oh and let us not forget the traditional pumpkin pie and you cannot get more American than the good ole apple pie. The turkey was by far the best turkey I have ever eaten. It was not at all dry and stringy and the kids, especially Jessica thoroughly enjoyed it. The turkey here are 
very different from the ones in S.A. according to Robin and Dorota. They said that the turkey in S.A are imported from France which is why they are smaller and not as nice. When you all decide to visit, we will do a turkey as a celebration of your stay with us.... Brett and Sharon spent the night with us and on Friday we went shopping. The malls were a nightmare, we did not know that the day after Thanksgiving is a huge sale day everywhere. But I was pleased because I got the kids each a pair of dungarees, a long sleeved shirt, another 3 piece outfit for each of them and myself a pair of track pants for $100. Kirstin's 3 piece is a pair of green and black striped ski pants (sounds terrible, looks divine) a cream coloured long sleeved polo neck shirt and a navy blue waist coat in arctic fleece with the Winnie the Pooh characters all peeking from between brightly coloured buttons and autumn coloured leaves decorating the bottom all the way around. I think it has to be seen to be appreciated though. Jessica's is not as exciting, it is purple which is her favourite colour with ski pants decorated in hearts and a purple button up jacket in arctic fleece to match with big round lapels. They both look delightful in their outfits though I must say. On Friday evening we went and got videos, Waking Ned Divine which Malcolm thoroughly enjoyed and I just enjoyed and Message in a bottle which had Sharon Brett and myself in tears. If you want to watch a sad but good movie it is a must see, but have a BOX of tissues handy. We had left over Thanksgiving dinner and ate Ben & Jerry's ice cream..... (oops). On Saturday Brett and Sharon had to go home so we took them to the station for the 3:06 pm train. The kids wanted to wait and watch them get on the train so we waited.....and waited......and waited....the train was late. We saw this as a sign and Brett and Sharon came running down the platform (after a lot of nagging from us and the kids) and spent another night with us. We went and dropped off Robin and Dorotas platter and gravy boat an then went to the beach and the park for a walk and were joined by Robin and Darota. We wondered all the way along until we got to this huge jetty were there were lots of people fishing. We watched a beautiful sunset and then wound our way back to the car. We went and got videos AGAIN, because we can. We got The Thin Red Line which I did not enjoy, it went way over my head as there was no real story line. A lot of big names with small parts I must add. I just asked Malcolm if he would recommend the movie and he says he is not sure. I also rented Stepmom which I am going to watch today or tonight, I have been dying to see it so I am looking forward to settling into the couch for that. Malcolm and I are taking the girls 
fishing this afternoon with Robin, Michael and Adam. I may opt to visit Dorota as the weather has cooled down considerably, today is 8C. There is a chance of snow here on Tuesday, so I am holding thumbs. I am not telling the kids just in case it does not happen. So it looks like our wonderful Fall is coming to an end. We are watching a woodpecker in the garden while I am writing this to you, pretty cool hey! Well I guess this is the end of my letter, no more news to tell...... I will not say until next week, but rather until next time some exciting news comes my way. Hope you all have a wonderful week and sp
eak to you soon. Lots of love Natalie
Hi all of you!
Well I guess my letter is long overdue now, I will concede that once a week was a bit optimistic as I had no special news to tell. But this week has been a lot of fun with Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. But let's go back a bit first.....On Saturday (a week ago) Kirstin had a temp of 104, which is just over 40C. We just gave her Tylenol and undressed her and let her lie downstairs with us while we hoped and prayed that her temperature would subside. It did within 30 minutes to our relief. On Sunday Dorota invited us to there place for coffee at 3 p.m so that we could chat about Thanksgiving dinner. The kids love going there and they ran around with Adam and Michael while we sat around chatting. We ended up staying at their place for dinner and ordering the first decent Chinese food since our arrival here. Jessica and Kirstin love the rice so they have a really healthy dinner when we get Chinese (oozing sarcasm). But I guess that it is better than Mc Donalds. During the rest of the week I did some shopping for Thanksgiving day and received a free turkey from A&P for spending $250 during the past month. It weighed more than Kirstin, well almost, 22 pounds worth of turkey. I am keeping it for Christmas because Dorota is cooking the turkey for Thanksgiving Day. I also bought a new dinner service, an 8 piece set for $50, I needed a new set for the table as I have 3 partial sets and I really wanted one full set. On Wednesday Jessica finished school at 2 p:m for the Thanksgiving Day weekend because a lot of people travel to their families, it is the most travelled holiday/ long weekend in the USA. I did most of the cooking on Wednesday evening because I really wanted to relax and enjoy my day on Thursday. We had decided to eat at about 5p:m so Robin, Darota
and family came around at about 3, Sharon and Brett arrived a couple of hours before them. I had set the table in the morning and we had a lot of traditional foods and decorations. Traditional items included: Indian Corn (for decoration, it has multi coloured kernels), candy, fruits and nuts and then of course the foods for the meal itself. I made a Butternut Soup with croutons for Starters and we had carrots, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower cheese, acorn squash, roast and mashed potatoes and of course turkey. Oh and let us not forget the traditional pumpkin pie and you cannot get more American than the good ole apple pie. The turkey was by far the best turkey I have ever eaten. It was not at all dry and stringy and the kids, especially Jessica thoroughly enjoyed it. The turkey here are very different from the ones in S.A. according to Robin and Dorota. They said that the turkey in S.A are imported from France which is why they are smaller and not as nice. When you all decide to visit, we will do a turkey as a celebration of your stay with us.... Brett and Sharon spent the night with us and on Friday we went shopping. The malls were a nightmare, we did not know that the day after Thanksgiving is a huge sale day everywhere. But I was pleased because I got the kids each a pair of dungarees, a long sleeved shirt, another 3 piece outfit for each of them and myself a pair of track pants for $100. Kirstin's 3 piece is a pair of green and black striped ski pants (sounds terrible, looks divine) a cream coloured long sleeved polo neck shirt and a navy blue waist coat in arctic fleece with the Winnie the Pooh characters all peeking from between brightly coloured buttons and autumn coloured leaves decorating the bottom all the way around. I think it has to be seen to be appreciated though. Jessica's is not as exciting, it is purple which is her favourite colour with ski pants decorated in hearts and a purple button up jacket in arctic fleece to match with big round lapels. They both look delightful in their outfits though I must say. On Friday evening we went and got videos, Waking Ned Divine which Malcolm thoroughly enjoyed and I just enjoyed and Message in a bottle which had Sharon Brett and myself in tears. If you want to watch a sad but good movie it is a must see, but have a BOX of tissues handy. We had left over Thanksgiving dinner and ate Ben & Jerry's ice cream..... (oops). On Saturday Brett and Sharon had to go home so we took them to the station for the 3:06 pm train. The kids wanted to wait and watch them get on the train so we waited.....and waited......and waited....the train was late. We saw this as a sign and Brett and Sharon came running down the platform (after a lot of nagging from us and the kids) and spent another night with us. We went and dropped off Robin and Dorotas platter and gravy boat an then went to the beach and the park for a walk and were joined by Robin and Darota. We wondered all the way along until we got to this huge jetty were there were lots of people fishing. We watched a beautiful sunset and then wound our way back to the car. We went and got videos AGAIN, because we can. We got The Thin Red Line which I did not enjoy, it went way over my head as there was no real story line. A lot of big names with small parts I must add. I just asked Malcolm if he would recommend the movie and he says he is not sure. I also rented Stepmom which I am going to watch today or tonight, I have been dying to see it so I am looking forward to settling into the couch for that. Malcolm and I are taking the girls fishing this afternoon with Robin, Michael and Adam. I may opt to visit Dorota as the weather has cooled down considerably, today is 8C. There is a chance of snow here on Tuesday, so I am holding thumbs. I am not telling the kids just in case it does not happen. So it looks like our wonderful Fall is coming to an end. We are watching a woodpecker in the garden while I am writing this to you, pretty cool hey! Well I guess this is the end of my letter, no more news to tell...... I will not say until next week, but rather until next time some exciting news comes my way. Hope you all have a wonderful week and speak to you soon. Lots of love Natalie 
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