We pretended to be tourists this week and went to Dollywood and Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg. County residents got into Dollywood for only $5 and the aquarium was free with a can of food. Since we are new here, I still feel like a tourist. Dollywood was fun with a great Polar Express 4-D experience. The aquarium was nice with one of those glass tunnels with the sharks and fish swimming above and around you. I hope this will be an annual trip.
"Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. If you don't, I don't care, I'll pull down your underwear." This is what Costa wanted to say, but thankfully he just said "Trick-or-treat." It was raining, pouring at times. We had an umbrella, so it ended up being fine. The kids had about 80 pieces of candy each. Taeo would get to a house and just say, "Candy, candy, ..." It worked, he got candy.
We went pumpkin picking in the freezing cold and also did a little corn maze. Spent $19 for 2 pumpkins - not happy. I should have left without pumpkins.
Fall here is beautiful. Similar to NH but later in the year. The kids love playing in the leaves. We also have fun trying to catch falling leaves.
We carved our jack-o-lanterns. Taeo didn't like touching the goopy stuff, but he loved the final effect. We toasted pumpkin seeds too.
I found this bug crawling up the back of my couch. It was about 2 inches long. I have found its friends in my kitchen sink and crawling in the hallway. I like bugs but this too much for me. Maybe it is a kind of centipede. If you know, tell me.
Just a few pics from Costas' first soccer game. I mostly videotaped so not to many pictures, so I'll get some next time. He had a good time which is what it is all about.
We've been in our house for 2 weeks now and we have already found a box turtle, two salamanders, and a handful of frogs. The kids are loving it!
We've been to the zoo twice since moving here. They have some really great animals, including chimpanzees and gorillas. There is also a butterfly garden which is an enclosed space that we went in with butterflies flying all around us. There are also camel rides, which Costas enjoyed.
Last week Costas rode his bike without training wheels for the first time. Within an hour he was riding down the hills in the neighborhood. I just realized that my camera, which I bought 6 months ago or so, doesn't have sound with the video component. I'm really irritated that I didn't discover this sooner so I could have returned it.
